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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-3180

WordPress WPGateway Plugin Privilege Escalation

Published Sep 13, 2022 · catalog updated Sep 13, 2022 · WordPress WPGateway

Patch now

CVE-2022-3180 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WordPress WPGateway against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
9.21%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor WordPress WPGateway

A privilege escalation flaw exists in the WordPress WPGateway plugin that enables unauthenticated adversaries to add a user with administrator rights.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor WordPress WPGatewayversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-3180

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-3180 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WordPress WPGateway against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 9.21%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 13, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    A privilege escalation flaw exists in the WordPress WPGateway plugin that enables unauthenticated adversaries to add a user with administrator rights.

  2. Sep 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-3180

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-3180

    30-day exploitation probability 9.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-3180

    A privilege escalation flaw exists in the WordPress WPGateway plugin that enables unauthenticated adversaries to add a user with administrator rights.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.