What is CVE-2022-4060?

CVE-2022-4060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Odude User Post Gallery, classified under CWE-94 IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE ('CODE INJECTION'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-4060?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4060 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Odude User Post Gallery

CVE-2022-4060

The User Post Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.19 does not limit what callback functions can be called by users, making it possible to any visitors to run code on sites running it.

Published 2023-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.427 (98.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.427 · newest: 0.427 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Odude User Post Gallery
User Post Gallery — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f982ebd-6fc5-452d-8280-42e027d01b1e (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4060?: CVE-2022-4060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Odude User Post Gallery, classified under CWE-94 IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE ('CODE INJECTION'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-4060?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4060 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.