Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-36375 affects the WordPress Tabs plugin by Biplob Adhikari through version 3.6.0. A logged-in high-role user could change WordPress options, potentially affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The issue is serious for sites where privileged accounts are shared, over-granted, or compromised.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority for WordPress sites using Tabs, especially where privileged accounts are numerous or weakly controlled. It is not shown as actively exploited in the provided sources, but the potential site-wide impact justifies prompt inventory and remediation.
Technical view
The source describes an authenticated high-role WordPress Options Change vulnerability in Tabs <= 3.6.0. CVSS 3.1 is 7.2 with network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. CWE is listed as CWE-264.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress installations running the Tabs plugin at version 3.6.0 or earlier. The attacker must already have a high-role authenticated account, so privileged account governance and compromise risk materially affect urgency.
Exploitation context
The provided bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Public references identify the vulnerability and a WordPress plugin changeset, but the bundle does not provide exploit details or in-the-wild confirmation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is concise and does not include root cause detail, exploit conditions beyond high-role authentication, or a named fixed version. The WordPress changeset likely relates to remediation, but confirm vendor release notes before asserting a specific fix.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Tabs plugin and its installed version.
- Check WordPress.org, vendor, or Patchstack guidance for a fixed release.
- Update beyond affected versions if a trusted fixed version is available.
- Disable or remove the plugin where no acceptable fix is available.
- Review and minimize high-role WordPress accounts.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether each WordPress site has Tabs installed.
- Record the Tabs plugin version and compare it to <= 3.6.0.
- Review privileged WordPress accounts for unnecessary access.
- Check recent administrative option changes for suspicious activity.
- Verify remediation by confirming plugin removal or an unaffected version.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2646981CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/vc-tabs/wordpress-tabs-plugin-3-6-0-authenticated-wordpress-options-change-vulnerabilityCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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