CVE-2022-1001

medium

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

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/34a7b3cd-e2b5-4891-ab33-af6a2a0eeceb

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2696091

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-04-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00119