CVE-2022-0499 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Sermon Browser WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 0.45.22. This flaw allows attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into uploading arbitrary files, including malicious PHP scripts, due to a lack of CSRF checks and file validation during sermon file uploads. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating severe potential impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Its attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring user interaction (UI:R) from an authenticated administrator. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no publicly available exploit intelligence such as Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.45.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sermon_browser_project:sermon_browser:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.