CVE-2022-1779 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Auto Delete Posts WordPress plugin up to version 1.3.0. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a logged-in administrator into unknowingly altering plugin settings, potentially leading to the deletion of posts, categories, and attachments. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:auto_delete_posts_project:auto_delete_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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