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WP Tools <= 3.41 — Missing Authorization leading to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass

CVE-2022-43453Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.41Update to 3.43 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

WP Tools Debug Log, Repair, Javascript errors, Jquery errors, Increase Maximum Limits, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log wptools

  1. Affected≤ 3.41
  2. Patched in3.43

Update to 3.43 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.41. Version 3.43 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Tools Debug Log, Repair, Javascript errors, Jquery errors, Increase Maximum Limits, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.43, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WP Tools Debug Log, Repair, Javascript errors, Jquery errors, Increase Maximum Limits, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to TomS (Rand0mGen).

The WP Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 3.41. This is due to missing capability check resulting in authorization bypass. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to access unspecified user controls granted at a higher authorization-level.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in WP Tools Debug Log, Repair, Javascript errors, Jquery errors, Increase Maximum Limits, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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