CVE-2022-4950
Cool Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
Several 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 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)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
narinder-singh · The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon
- affected ≤ 1.1
narinder-singh · Events Search For The Events Calendar
- affected ≤ 1.1.3
coolplugins · Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor
- affected < 1.3
narinder-singh · Event Countdown for The Events Calendar
- affected ≤ 1.3.1
coolplugins · Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar
- affected ≤ 1.4.2
narinder-singh · Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar
- affected ≤ 1.5
blackworks1 · Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations
- affected ≤ 1.7
narinder-singh · Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar
- affected ≤ 1.9.4
narinder-singh · Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)
- affected ≤ 2.3.3
narinder-singh · Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List
- affected ≤ 2.4
References (3)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f6f0fb78-ad6b-4a9e-ae1a-5793f3426379?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2705076/cool-timeline/trunk/admin/timeline-addon-page/timeline-addon-page.php (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/8-wordpress-plugins-fixed-high-severity-vulnerability/ (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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