CVE-2022-42888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauth. Privilege Escalation vulnerability in ARMember premium plugin <= 5.5.1 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00231.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Armemberplugin	Armember

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:armemberplugin:armember:*:*:*:*:premium:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/armember/wordpress-armember-premium-plugin-5-5-1-unauth-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-12-06T20:46:30.638Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:50.536Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T11:12:07.107Z

Link: CVE-2022-42888

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.202Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T21:15:10.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:25:31.967

Link: CVE-2022-42888

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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