# CVE-2022-3477: tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

> Unauthenticated attackers can take over any user account by knowing their email address due to flawed Facebook login implementation.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-657r-v7qf-78qr

## What is CVE-2022-3477?

CVE-2022-3477 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in tagDiv Newsmag, published on 14 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3477?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Newsmag Project Newsmag, Newspaper Project Newspaper, Tagdiv Composer Project Tagdiv Composer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3477?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3477 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3477 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3477 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Authentication Bypass (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3477.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3477 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3477 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in tagDiv Newsmag, published on 14 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3477 exists.

Affected product: tagDiv Newsmag. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3477/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3477/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3477
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3477
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3477

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3477/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.