Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4974
CVE-2022-4974
Description
The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=2.4.2
- Range: <2.4.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/nvd
- web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/nvd
- wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5nvd
- wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYRnvd
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0anvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42nvd
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