vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-downgrade: CVE-2022-1001: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 22, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 22, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
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
Solution
wp-downgrade-plugin-cve-2022-1001
References
Rapid7 Labs
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