cve-2022-40216
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-18 22:33
Modified
2025-02-20 19:49
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Auth. (subscriber+) Messaging Block Bypass vulnerability in Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.69 on WordPress.
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bp-better-messages/wordpress-better-messages-plugin-1-9-10-69-messaging-block-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
audit@patchstack.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bp-better-messages/wordpress-better-messages-plugin-1-9-10-69-messaging-block-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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