Cool Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-4950
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-07 02:15:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:17:58 UTC
DescriptionSeveral WordPress plugins developed by Cool Plugins are vulnerable to arbitrary plugin installation and activation that can lead to remote code execution by authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.054170000 probability, percentile 0.901440000 (date 2026-04-09)

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Coolplugins Cool Timeline All All All All
Application Coolplugins Cryptocurrency Widgets All All All All
Application Coolplugins Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor All All All All
Application Coolplugins Events-notification-bar-addon All All All All
Application Coolplugins Events Search For The Events Calendar All All All All
Application Coolplugins Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar All All All All
Application Coolplugins Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar All All All All
Application Coolplugins Event Single Page Builder For The Event Calendar All All All All
Application Coolplugins The Events Calendar Countdown Addon All All All All
Application Cryptocurrency Payment Donation Box Plugins Cryptocurrency Payment Donation Box All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Narinder-singh The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon affected 1.1 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Events Search For The Events Calendar affected 1.1.3 semver Not specified
CNA Coolplugins Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor affected 1.3 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Event Countdown For The Events Calendar affected 1.3.1 semver Not specified
CNA Coolplugins Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar affected 1.4.2 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar affected 1.5 semver Not specified
CNA Blackworks1 Cryptocurrency Donation Box Bitcoin Crypto Donations affected 1.7 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar affected 1.9.4 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Cool Timeline Horizontal Vertical Timeline affected 2.3.3 semver Not specified
CNA Narinder-singh Cryptocurrency Widgets Price Ticker Coins List affected 2.4 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
8 WordPress plugins fixed high severity vulnerability. – NinTechNet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.nintechnet.com Third Party Advisory
Cool Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Jerome Bruandet (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2022-04-04T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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