CVE-2022-0165
Page Builder KingComposer <= 2.9.6 - Open Redirect
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
- Record
CVE-2022-0165- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Page Builder KingComposer <= 2.9.6 - Open Redirect
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
- Record
CVE-2022-0165- Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15373 No score
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
- Record
EUVD-2022-15373- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hc34-ff73-68v9
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter...
The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users
- Record
GHSA-hc34-ff73-68v9- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress Page Builder KingComposer <=2.9.6 - Open Redirect | |
| PoC in GitHub | Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2022-0165 | 2024-05-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0165 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in King-theme Kingcomposer, published March 14, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.28%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.