Check Point Advisories

Wordpress Email Template Designer Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0218)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2022-0757
Date Published: 30 Oct 2022
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Wednesday 19 June, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2022-0218
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Email Template Designer - WP HTML Mail Plugin
Vulnerability Description An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Wordpress plugin "WordPress Email Template Designer - WP HTML Mail". The vulnerability is due to lack of authentication on REST-API endpoints created by the plugin.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Wordpress Email Template Designer Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0218) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Wordpress Email Template Designer Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0218)

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