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CVE-2022-4948: FlyingPress <= 3.9.6 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The FlyingPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on its AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 3.9.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to interact with the plugin in ways administrators are intended to. One action (save_config) allows for the configuration of an external CDN. This could be used to include malicious javascript from a source controlled by the attacker.

Affected products

• FlyingWeb FlyingPress: before 3.9.7 — fixed in 3.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FlyingWeb FlyingPress 3.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-flyingpress-plugin-fixed-broken-access-control-vulnerability/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d1d541b-7010-4dbf-9b1c-d59c84390065?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-flyingpress-plugin-fixed-broken-access-control-vulnerability/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d1d541b-7010-4dbf-9b1c-d59c84390065?source=cve

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