WordPress plugin
decode-uri-component <= 0.2.1 — Denial of Service
CVE-2022-38900Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.1Update to 1.3.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) autoshare-for-twitter
- Affected≤ 1.2.1
- Patched in1.3.0
Update to 1.3.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.1. Version 1.3.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The decode-uri-component is vulnerable to Denial of Service due to improper input validation in versions up to, and including, 0.2.1 when certain search strings are parsed by the decodeUriComponent.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.3.1Update to 2.3.2 | CVE-2026-25311 | |
| Critical9.8 | Remote Code Execution ≤4.4.0Update to 4.4.1 | CVE-2022-25912 | |
| Medium5.3 | Regular Expression Denial of Service ≤1.0.3Update to 1.1.0 | — |
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.3.1Update to 2.3.2
- Critical9.8Remote Code Execution
≤4.4.0Update to 4.4.1
- Medium5.3Regular Expression Denial of Service
≤1.0.3Update to 1.1.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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