🛡️ CVE-2022-0188 — cmp

🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-306 NVD
5.3
CVSS Score
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Description

The CMP WordPress plugin before 4.0.19 allows any user, even not logged in, to arbitrarily change the coming soon page layout.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0188 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0188 is recorded against 1 package.

  • cmp (fixed in 4.0.19)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org
wpscan.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
wpscan.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-306
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-14
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cmp — 4.0.19

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