CVE-2022-3180
The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 9.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 95
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access90 % - Impacto principal
T1078Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access85 % - Impacto secundario
T1136Create Accountpersistence80 %
Plugin WordPress vulnerable sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N) permite crear cuentas admin arbitrarias, ganando acceso con privilegios elevados (T1078) y creación de cuentas (T1136).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-290
- CWE-290
Referencias
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