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WordPress Plugin: metform: CVE-2022-1442: Missing Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Apr 23, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Metform WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to improper access control in the ~/core/forms/action.php file which can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to view all API keys and secrets of integrated third-party APIs like that of PayPal, Stripe, Mailchimp, Hubspot, HelpScout, reCAPTCHA and many more, in versions up to and including 2.1.3.

Solution

metform-plugin-cve-2022-1442

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1442
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04a46249-b5b2-4082-b520-cdc4a1370bb1?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-24749
CVE-2022-1442
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-1442
CWE-862
EUVD-EUVD-2022-24749

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