# Cool Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation

CVE record · `CVE-2022-4950`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-4950`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Wordfence
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)
- **Tags:** [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md)
- **Technologies:** [narinder-singh The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-the-events-calendar-events-notification-bar-addon.md) · [narinder-singh Events Search For The Events Calendar](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-events-search-for-the-events-calendar.md) · [coolplugins Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/coolplugins-cryptocurrency-widgets-for-elementor.md) · [narinder-singh Event Countdown for The Events Calendar](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-event-countdown-for-the-events-calendar.md) · [coolplugins Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/coolplugins-events-widgets-for-elementor-and-the-events-calendar.md) · [narinder-singh Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-event-single-page-builder-for-the-events-calendar.md) · [blackworks1 Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/blackworks1-cryptocurrency-donation-box-bitcoin-crypto-donations.md) · [narinder-singh Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-events-shortcodes-for-the-events-calendar.md) · [narinder-singh Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-cool-timeline-horizontal-vertical-timeline.md) · [narinder-singh Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/narinder-singh-cryptocurrency-widgets-price-ticker-coins-list.md)
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Wordfence) at 7 Jun 2023, 01:51 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon.
  - affected: `1.1 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Events Search For The Events Calendar.
  - affected: `1.1.3 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: coolplugins. Product: Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor.
  - affected: `before 1.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Event Countdown for The Events Calendar.
  - affected: `1.3.1 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: coolplugins. Product: Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar.
  - affected: `1.4.2 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar.
  - affected: `1.5 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: blackworks1. Product: Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations.
  - affected: `1.7 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar.
  - affected: `1.9.4 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline).
  - affected: `2.3.3 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: narinder-singh. Product: Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List.
  - affected: `2.4 and earlier` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Wordfence)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.014, the 72nd percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 7 Jun 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-4950](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4950)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-4950](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4950)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f6f0fb78-ad6b-4a9e-ae1a-5793f3426379?source=cve>
- <https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2705076/cool-timeline/trunk/admin/timeline-addon-page/timeline-addon-page.php>
- <https://blog.nintechnet.com/8-wordpress-plugins-fixed-high-severity-vulnerability/>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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