vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: core-control: CVE-2022-1760: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 24, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Core Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on an unknown function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The impact of this vulnerability is unknown.

Solution

core-control-plugin-cve-2022-1760
Title
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