Exploitation Summary
CVE-2022-4974 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Various Sources
https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/
Various Sources
https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5
Various Sources
https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYR
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0a
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
34.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2024-10-15
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
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Published
Oct 16, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026