WordPress Herd Effects plugin <= 5.2 - Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

published 2022-05-20 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33786

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authenticated (admin or higher user role) Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Wow-Company's Herd Effects plugin <= 5.2 at WordPress.

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Wow-Company Herd Effects (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordpress.org /plugins/mwp-herd-effect/#developers
product
patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/mwp-herd-effect/wordpress-herd-effects-plugin-5-2-local-file-inclusion-lfi-vulnerabili
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-29448
NVD CVE-2022-29448

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Summary