What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-4937
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
The WCFM Frontend Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and access of data in versions up to, and including, 6.6.0 due to missing capability checks on various AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to perform a wide variety of actions such as modifying knowledge bases, modifying notices, modifying payments, managing vendors, capabilities, and so much more. There were hundreds of AJAX endpoints affected.
Affected products
- wclovers WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce: before 6.6.1 — fixed in 6.6.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: wclovers WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce 6.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2629284%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2629284%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2630745%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2630745%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2632630%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2632630%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2633187%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2633187%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2634199%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2634199%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d946d4b5-bed7-4808-b133-783b2dcd7992?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2629284%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2629284%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2630745%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2630745%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2632630%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2632630%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2633187%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2633187%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2634199%40wc-frontend-manager&new=2634199%40wc-frontend-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d946d4b5-bed7-4808-b133-783b2dcd7992?source=cve
Get alerted when CVE-2022-4937 or the next vulnerability affects your stack