Is CVE-2022-3477 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-3477 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-3477?

CVE-2022-3477 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-3477?

CVE-2022-3477 has an EPSS score of 3.55% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3477?

Upgrade newsmag to 5.2.2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-3477

CRITICALEPSS 88th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin before 3.5, required by the Newspaper WordPress theme before 12.1 and Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.2.2, does not properly implement the Facebook login feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to login as any user by just knowing their email address

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

newsmagNVD

Affected:< 5.2.2Fixed in:5.2.2CVE-2022-3477derived from NVD

newspaperNVD

Affected:< 12.1Fixed in:12.1CVE-2022-3477derived from NVD

tagdiv composerNVD

Affected:< 3.5Fixed in:3.5CVE-2022-3477derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-30.