WordPress Hover Effects plugin <= 2.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability
Priority LOW 36CWE-552Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.
Summary
Authenticated (administrator or higher user role) Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Wow-Company's Hover Effects plugin <= 2.1 at WordPress.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01027 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wow-Company | Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect (WordPress plugin) | <= 2.1 – 2.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect (WordPress plugin) VendorWow-Company Affected <= 2.1 – 2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:hover_effects:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 2.1 | Vulnerable | Wow-Company |
- cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:hover_effects:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.1 Vulnerable ·Wow-Company
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29447
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-56qr-6hfh-52cg
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-29447 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-29447 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-56qr-6hfh-52cg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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