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Public proof of concept

CVE-2022-4060

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-01-16

Am I affected?

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Description

The User Post Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.19 does not limit what callback functions can be called by users, making it possible to any visitors to run code on sites running it.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-01-1616:15CVE 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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Versions per branch

NVD
Odude user post gallery
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.19≤ 2.19no fix published

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.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-01-16

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedim-hanzou/UPGer
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
2023-01-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-g823-9xxv-px4q

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4060?

The User Post Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.19 does not limit what callback functions can be called by users, making it possible to any visitors to run code on sites running it.

Is CVE-2022-4060 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-4060, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-4060?

CVE-2022-4060 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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