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CVE-2022-3180

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 11, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-290
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

  • Jack Hopman WPGateway — Up to and including 3.5
  • wpgateway wpgateway — Up to and including 3.5

References

  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/ Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgateway/wpgateway-35-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record