CVE-2022-3907 - Clerk < 4.0.0 - Authentication Bypass and API Keys Disclosure

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HIGH

Clerk < 4.0.0 - Authentication Bypass and API Keys Disclosure

Published Dec 5, 2022

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.94%

Description

The Clerk WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 is affected by time-based attacks in the validation function for all API requests due to the usage of comparison operators to verify API keys against the ones stored in the site options.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Clerk Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <4.0.0

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Clerk

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<4.0.0

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-203

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7920c1c1-709d-4b1f-ac08-f0a02ddb329c
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7920c1c1-709d-4b1f-ac08-f0a02ddb329c		exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner WPScan

Published Dec 5, 2022

Updated Apr 23, 2025

Reserved Nov 9, 2022

Link CVE-2022-3907

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 23, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-3907

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-3907