CVE-2022-0165
Published: 14 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-0165 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in King-Theme Kingcomposer. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through version 2.9.6 contains an open redirect vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0165 and assigned CWE-601. The flaw exists in the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action, which accepts an id parameter without validation and issues an HTTP redirect to the supplied value. The affected component is reachable over the network and requires no authentication.
Both unauthenticated and authenticated users can invoke the action to redirect victims to an arbitrary destination. With a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1, successful exploitation can result in low-impact confidentiality and integrity effects under a changed security scope when a user follows the redirect.
The EPSS score for this CVE reached a peak of 0.5610 on 2026-02-03 before receding to the current value of 0.4904. No additional details on patches or specific mitigation steps are provided in the available references.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-15373
Vulnerability details
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.