WordPress Responsive Menu plugin <= 4.1.7 - Nonce token leak leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change vulnerability

published 2022-03-18 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-30262

cvss: 8.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

Nonce token leak vulnerability leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change discovered in Responsive Menu WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.1.7).

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25602 updated 2025-11-21

wordpress: Nonce token leak vulnerability leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-20)

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

ExpressTech Responsive Menu (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordpress.org /plugins/responsive-menu/#developers
product, release-notes
patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/responsive-menu/wordpress-responsive-menu-plugin-4-1-7-nonce-token-leak-leading-to-arb
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-25602
NVD CVE-2022-25602

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Summary