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CVE-2022-25602
WordPress Responsive Menu plugin <= 4.1.7 - Nonce token leak leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change vulnerability
High8.3EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
Description
Nonce token leak vulnerability leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change discovered in Responsive Menu WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.1.7).
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.3.
Weakness
Affected products
ExpressTech · Responsive Menu (WordPress plugin)
- affected <= 4.1.7 – ≤ 4.1.7
What to do
Solution: Update to 4.1.8 or higher version.
References (2)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/responsive-menu/wordpress-responsive-menu-plugin-4-1-7-nonce-token-leak-leading-to-arbitrary-file-upload-theme-deletion-plugin-settings-change-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-25602)Record last updated .