Auth bypass in Visualportfolio Visual Portfolio\, Photo Gallery \& Post Grid

CVE-2022-2597

The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.19.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-2597: held from 0.004 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2597?
CVE-2022-2597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visualportfolio Visual Portfolio\, Photo Gallery \& Post Grid, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-2597?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2597 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.