🛡️ CVE-2022-4417 — wp-cerber-security\,-anti-spam-\&-malwar

🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public NVD
5.3
CVSS Score
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Description

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 9.3.3 does not properly block access to the REST API users endpoint when the blog is in a subdirectory, which could allow attackers to bypass the restriction in place and list users

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 low, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2022-4417 is recorded against 1 package.

  • wp-cerber-security\,-anti-spam-\&-malware-scan (fixed in 9.3.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 January 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

wpscan.com
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:L/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-01-02
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wp-cerber-security\,-anti-spam-\&-malware-scan — 9.3.3

Exploit Protection

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