CVE-2022-42699
Published: 06 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-42699 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Wp-Ecommerce Easy Wp Smtp. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is an authenticated remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-42699 and assigned CWE-94, that affects the Easy WP SMTP plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 1.5.1. It received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, high-privileged authentication, and changed scope with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges, such as an administrator account, can exploit the issue remotely to execute arbitrary code on the affected WordPress site, potentially leading to full compromise of the application and underlying server components.
Advisories referencing the flaw are published by Patchstack at the supplied URLs, though specific patch or mitigation details are not enumerated in the source data. The associated EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0729 and a peak of 0.0752.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-45766
Vulnerability details
Auth. Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Easy WP SMTP plugin <= 1.5.1 on WordPress.
- CWE(s)
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.