CVE-2022-40223

WordPress SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: Nov 8, 2022
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Sep 14, 2022

Description

Nonce token leakage and missing authorization in SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 on WordPress leading to plugin settings change.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
SearchWPSearchWP, LLC	<= 4.2.5 through 4.2.5Affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/searchwp/wordpress-searchwp-premium-plugin-4-2-5-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://searchwp.com/documentation/changelog/

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