CVE-2022-4950 (GCVE-0-2022-4950)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-07 01:51
Modified
2026-04-08 17:33
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
Several WordPress plugins developed by Cool Plugins are vulnerable to arbitrary plugin installation and activation that can lead to remote code execution by authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
narinder-singh The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon Version: 0   ≤ 1.1
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