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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-42459
CVE-2022-42459:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CVE-2022-42459 is an Auth. WordPress Options Change vulnerability affecting the Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin versions 9.7.1 and below on WordPress. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 25, 2022 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue with a CVSS severity rating of 7.2 (Low). A broken access control issue refers to a missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token check in a function that could lead to an unprivileged user executing certain higher privileged actions (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users to potentially execute higher privileged actions than their assigned role should permit, though specific impact varies case by case (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 9.7.2 of the Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin. Users are advised to update to version 9.7.2 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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