CVE-2022-0952 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Sitemap by click5 WordPress plugin prior to version 1.0.36. It allows unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary blog options, such as enabling user registration and setting a default administrator role, due to missing authorization and CSRF checks on a REST endpoint. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) carries a significant risk of complete blog takeover. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been identified, Nuclei templates exist, and the vulnerability has a very high EPSS score, indicating a strong likelihood of exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are currently minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sitemap_project:sitemap:*:*:*:*:*: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.