Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-3679

HighPublic PoC

Published: 09 January 2023

Published
09 January 2023
Modified
09 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0091 76.3th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-3679 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Kadencewp Starter Templates. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Starter Templates by Kadence WP WordPress plugin before 1.2.17 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injection issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain…

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is present on the blog.

CWE(s)
None listed

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

kadencewp
starter templates
≤ 1.2.17

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References