CVE-2022-0745 describes an arbitrary email sending vulnerability in the Like Button Rating WordPress plugin, affecting versions prior to 2.6.45. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows any logged-in user, including subscribers, to send emails with arbitrary content to any recipient. While the attack complexity is low and no user interaction is required, the primary impact is high integrity, enabling spam or phishing campaigns. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:likebtn:like_button_rating:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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