CVE-2022-47604 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-47604: WordPress AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild plugin <= 1.13 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Junkcoder, Ristoniinemets

Product AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published March 21, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in junkcoder, ristoniinemets AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild.This issue affects AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild: from n/a through 1.13.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild versions up to 1.13 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to read sensitive information they should not access. An attacker with a basic user account can view data intended for higher-privilege users. Update to a version newer than 1.13 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information accessible only to higher-privilege users.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

User data and site information may be exposed to low-privilege accounts that should not have access.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 21, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47604 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-47604

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions