fkie_cve-2022-3180
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-02-11 22:15
Modified
2025-06-05 14:24
Severity ?
Summary
The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.
References
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"lastModified": "2025-06-05T14:24:42.740",
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