HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail 3.0.9 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability | 19 Jan 202200:00 | – | zdt | |
| CVE-2022-0218 | 5 Feb 202202:45 | – | circl | |
| WordPress plugin 跨站脚本漏洞 | 19 Jan 202200:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin cross-site scripting vulnerability | 23 Jan 202200:00 | – | cnvd | |
| WordPress Email Template Designer Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0218) | 23 Oct 202200:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| Wordpress Email Template Designer Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-0218) | 30 Oct 202200:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2022-0218 | 4 Feb 202222:29 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2022-0218 WP HTML Mail <= 3.0.9 Missing Authorization on REST-API Route | 4 Feb 202222:29 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2022-0218 | 4 Feb 202222:29 | – | mend | |
| HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route | 14 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers ."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route Detection',
'description': 'The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2022', 'wordpress', 'wp-plugin', 'codemiq', 'vkev', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/unauthenticated-xss-vulnerability-patched-in-html-email-template-designer-plugin/',
'https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-html-mail/',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0218',
'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656984/wp-html-mail/trunk/includes/class-template-designer.php',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2022-0218',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/index.php?rest_route=/whm/v3/themesettings', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
body_all = ('"background":', '"footer":',)
header_any = ('application/json',)
if (all(m in body for m in body_all)) and (any(m in headers for m in header_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='medium',
reason="HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route detected",
path='/index.php?rest_route=/whm/v3/themesettings',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.16.1 - 8.3
EPSS0.6816
SSVC