CVE-2022-2438 affects the Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.11.16. It is a deserialization of untrusted input vulnerability, allowing authenticated administrative users to execute arbitrary PHP objects by uploading a malicious file containing a serialized payload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and no active exploitation at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.11.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:managewp:broken_link_checker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.