CVE-2022-1001

Wp Downgrade vulnerability

CVSS

4.8

EPSS

4.8%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

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

Affected vendor

Wp Downgrade Project

Affected product

Wp Downgrade

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2022-04-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-1001

Confirm whether Wp Downgrade Project Wp Downgrade is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-1001.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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