CVE-2022-2543
Visual Portfolio < 2.18.0 - Unauthenticated CSS Injection
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
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 Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
- Record
CVE-2022-2543- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Visual Portfolio < 2.18.0 - Unauthenticated CSS Injection
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
- Record
CVE-2022-2543- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34797 No score
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
- Record
EUVD-2022-34797- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h53x-g7f4-fggg
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have...
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
- Record
GHSA-h53x-g7f4-fggg- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2543 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Nk Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid, published September 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.