CVE-2022-40700 is a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting numerous WordPress plugins and themes, including Montonio for WooCommerce, Wpopal Core Features, and WordPress Page Builder – Qards, among others. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to force the server to make requests to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to information disclosure, unauthorized actions, or network access. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:millionclues:admin_css_mu:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
<= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deano:amp_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:unihost:confirm_data:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:agence-press:css_adder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:millionclues:custom_login_admin_front-end_css:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.