CVE-2022-3907 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Clerk WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 is affected by time-based attacks in the validation function for all API requests due to the usage of comparison operators to verify API keys against the ones stored in the site options.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00583.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Clerk

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clerk:clerk.io:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Clerk Subscribe	Clerk.io Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43243	The Clerk WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 is affected by time-based attacks in the validation function for all API requests due to the usage of comparison operators to verify API keys against the ones stored in the site options.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7920c1c1-709d-4b1f-ac08-f0a02ddb329c

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-05T16:50:39.205Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T15:02:05.806Z

Reserved: 2022-11-09T02:55:10.063Z

Link: CVE-2022-3907

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-05T17:15:10.593

Modified: 2025-04-23T15:15:50.907

Link: CVE-2022-3907

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-203

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