Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-46796 affects the VillaTheme CURCY WordPress plugin, also identified as woo-multi-currency. An unauthenticated attacker may be able to change plugin settings because authorization checks are missing. The business risk is unauthorized configuration tampering, with limited integrity and availability impact.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted WordPress plugin hygiene issue, not a broad emergency. Prioritize ecommerce sites using CURCY because unauthorized currency or pricing configuration changes can affect revenue, customer trust, and site availability.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-862 Missing Authorization in CURCY through version 2.1.25. CVSS 3.1 is 6.5, network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, with low integrity and availability impact and no stated confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running VillaTheme CURCY or woo-multi-currency at version 2.1.25 or earlier. The source bundle provides no CPEs and does not identify other affected products.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. Patchstack and CVE sources describe unauthenticated settings changes, but no exploit code, exploitation telemetry, or attacker campaign is included.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to CVE and Patchstack-style vulnerability metadata. The bundle does not name a patched version, proof of concept, exploit status, or affected CPEs. Validate product identity carefully because the package name is woo-multi-currency while the product is CURCY.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for CURCY or woo-multi-currency installations.
- Identify installations running version 2.1.25 or earlier.
- Check Patchstack or VillaTheme guidance for the fixed version or official mitigation.
- Disable or remove the plugin where no supported fix is available.
- Review and restore CURCY settings from trusted configuration records.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed plugin name and version from WordPress administration or asset inventory.
- Compare findings against the affected range through version 2.1.25.
- Review CURCY settings for unexpected currency or pricing configuration changes.
- Check web logs for unusual unauthenticated requests to CURCY-related functionality.
- Document whether compensating controls restrict public access to settings-changing paths.
Public sources used
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L3.92.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
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