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CVE-2022-3900

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-12
  • Fixed in1.7.5.7

Am I affected?

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Description

The Cooked Pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.5.7 does not properly validate or sanitize the recipe_args parameter before unserializing it in the cooked_loadmore action, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a PHP Object injection vulnerability.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-1218:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3900?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3900?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Boxystudio cooked
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.7< 1.7.5.71.7.5.7

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As WPScan, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Unknown Cooked Proother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • < 1.7.5.7fixed in 1.7.5.7custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-12-12

Fix

  1. Update Boxystudio cooked to 1.7.5.7

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-12-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-gx5q-2vpf-g2w4

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3900?

The Cooked Pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.5.7 does not properly validate or sanitize the recipe_args parameter before unserializing it in the cooked_loadmore action, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a PHP Object injection vulnerability.

Is CVE-2022-3900 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-3900, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3900?

CVE-2022-3900 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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