CVE-2022-3911 describes a critical vulnerability in the iubenda WordPress plugin prior to version 3.3.3. This flaw allows any authenticated user, including subscribers, to escalate their privileges to administrator-level permissions, such as editing plugins, due to insufficient authorization and CSRF protection in an AJAX action. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iubenda:iubenda-cookie-law-solution:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.