CVE-2022-3880: AntiHacker < 4.20 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org

Affected products

Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan: before 4.20 — fixed in 4.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan 4.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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