VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-1001

CVSS score4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-04-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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

Weakness classification

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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