CVE-2022-4974
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (620)
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references (15)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-4974/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4974cnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0aPatchcnnvd
- https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/enisa_euvd
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/enisa_euvd
- https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5enisa_euvd
- https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYRenisa_euvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0aenisa_euvd
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