{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4501 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-4501 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nasir179125 Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder, published on 14 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4501 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-4501 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nasir179125 Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder, published on 14 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4501 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: nasir179125 Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4501/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-4501","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4501/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-4501","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f2j2-75p6-x665"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in Mega Addons for WPBakery Page Builder.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"mega_addons_for_wpbakery_page_builder","vendor":"topdigitaltrends"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"The Mega Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the vc_saving_data function in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update the plugin's settings.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder \u003c= 4.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update","id":"CVE-2022-4501","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in openemr/openemr","id":"CVE-2022-4502"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Archer C5","id":"CVE-2022-4499"},"products":["Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder"],"published":"2022-12-14","related":[{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder \u003c 4.3.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0268","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-08"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"WordPress Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder plugin \u003c= 4.2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-36798","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["nasir179125"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in Mega Addons for WPBakery Page Builder.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4501/"}