CVE-2022-1765 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin up to version 1.16. This flaw allows an attacker to force a user to cache images from external domains on the server, potentially leading to legal risks such as copyright infringement. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, requiring user interaction but no prior authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hot_linked_image_cacher_project:hot_linked_image_cacher:*:*:*:*:*: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.