CVE-2022-3240 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the "Follow Me Plugin" for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 3.1.1. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings and inject malicious JavaScript. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation requires tricking a site administrator into clicking a crafted link, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:follow_me_plugin_project:follow_me_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.