CVE-2022-28666: Broken Access Control vulnerability in YIKES Inc. Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.7.7 at WordPress leading to &yikes-the-content-toggle option…

PriorityP278medium5.3CVSS 3.1

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Exploited in the wild

EPSS

1.23%

65.1th percentile

Broken Access Control vulnerability in YIKES Inc. Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.7.7 at WordPress leading to &yikes-the-content-toggle option update.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
yikes_inc	custom_product_tabs_for_woocommerce	n/a – 1.7.7	—
yikesinc	custom_product_tabs_for_woocommerce	<= 1.7.7	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlPOST /wp-json/yikes/cpt/v1/settings↗

othertoggle_the_content=false↗

→Detect unauthenticated POST requests to the /wp-json/yikes/cpt/v1/settings endpoint with the toggle_the_content parameter in the body — this is the exploit path for CVE-2022-28666. ↗
→Successful exploitation returns a JSON response body containing both 'success' and 'Settings updated' with HTTP 200 and Content-Type application/json. ↗
→Use the publicwww fingerprint query 'yikes-inc-easy-custom' to identify WordPress sites running the vulnerable Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce plugin. ↗
→The vulnerability is in the &yikes-the-content-toggle option update — monitor for unauthorized changes to this WordPress option as a post-exploitation indicator. ↗

·The Nuclei template is marked 'intrusive' — running it against a target will actively modify the toggle_the_content setting; use with caution in production environments. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

vulncheck5.3MEDIUM

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