CVE-2022-1001
low-risk
Published 2022-04-18
The WP Downgrade WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 only perform client side validation of its "WordPress Target Version" settings, but does not sanitise and escape it server side, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Do I need to act?
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0.46% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Wp Downgrade
Affected Vendors
26
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal