vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-html-mail: CVE-2022-0218: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 19, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 19, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.
Solution
wp-html-mail-plugin-cve-2022-0218
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0218
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a42449f-aef1-42b8-af58-4f4aab7008f3?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15420
- CVE-2022-0218
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-0218
- CWE-862
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-15420
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