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CVE-2022-42459
WordPress Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.7.1 - Auth. WordPress Options Change vulnerability
High7.2EPSS 0.90%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- Patchstack
Description
Auth. WordPress Options Change vulnerability in Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.7.1 on WordPress.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (6 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 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
Biplob Adhikari · Image Hover Effects Ultimate (WordPress plugin)
- affected <= 9.7.1 – ≤ 9.7.1
What to do
Solution: Update to 9.7.2 or higher version.
References (2)
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/image-hover-effects-ultimate/wordpress-image-hover-effects-ultimate-plugin-9-7-1-auth-wordpress-options-change-vulnerability?_s_id=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-ultimate/ (opens in a new tab)x_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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