CVE-2022-44578
WordPress Owl Carousel plugin <= 0.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Owl Carousel: from n/a through 0.5.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Owl Carousel plugin <= 0.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Owl Carousel: from n/a through 0.5.3.
- Record
CVE-2022-44578- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-47516
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Owl Carousel: from n/a through 0.5.3.
- Record
EUVD-2022-47516- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3w53-58xm-8pwx
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Owl Carousel: from n/a through 0.5.3.
- Record
GHSA-3w53-58xm-8pwx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pierre JEHAN Owl Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Owl Carousel: from n/a through 0.5.3.
- Record
CVE-2022-44578- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-44578 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Pierre Jehan Owl Carousel, published December 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.