Vulnerability in Jack Hopman Wpgateway
CVE-2022-3180
The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-actively… (Third Party Advisory)
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgateway/wpga… (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-3180?
- CVE-2022-3180 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jack Hopman Wpgateway, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-11.
- How severe is CVE-2022-3180?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-3180 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.