CVE-2022-1793 affects the Private Files WordPress plugin up to version 0.40. This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) weakness, specifically a missing CSRF check when disabling file protection. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), an attacker could trick a logged-in administrator into disabling file protection, potentially making private blog content public. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:private_files_project:private_files:0.40:*:*:*:*: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:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.