vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: salesking: CVE-2024-22157: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 16, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 16, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The SalesKing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.15. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.
Solution
salesking-plugin-cve-2024-22157
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22157
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52198053-206c-4002-8e26-dd5b4850e151?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-19753
- CVE-2024-22157
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-22157
- CWE-269
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-19753
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