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CVE-2022-0218

HIGH
Published 2022-02-04T22:29:24.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.807
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 80.7% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.991
Higher than 99.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

Description

The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.

Available Exploits

HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WordPress Email Template Designer WP HTML Mail allows stored cross-site scripting through an unprotected REST-API endpoint.

ID: CVE-2022-0218
Author: hexcat Medium

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Affected Products

codemiq

WP HTML Mail

Affected Versions:

3.0.9

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Patched

Published

January 19, 2022

Software Details

Software Name

Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail

Software Slug

wp-html-mail

Affected Versions

* - 3.0.9

Patched Versions

3.1

Remediation

Update to version 3.1, or a newer patched version

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a42449f-aef1-42b8-af58-4f4aab7008f3?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-6434-hpfm-8425

Advisory Details

The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0218
WEB https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656984/wp-html-mail/trunk/includes/class-template-designer.php
WEB https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/unauthenticated-xss-vulnerability-patched-in-html-email-template-designer-plugin

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 10, 2022, Modified: February 10, 2022

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/unauthenticated-xss-vulnerability-patched-in-html-email-template-designer-plugin/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656984/wp-html-mail/trunk/includes/class-template-designer.php
Published: 2022-02-04T22:29:24.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-10T14:54:50.879Z
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