CVE-2022-1788

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2022-1788 · Published 13/06/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-1788 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting change uploaded file permissions (change uploaded file permissions project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.78%, higher than 56.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
change uploaded file permissions change_uploaded_file_permissions_project	`≤ 4.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

Due to missing checks the Change Uploaded File Permissions WordPress plugin through 4.0.0 is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. This can be used to change the file and folder permissions of any folder. This could be problematic when specific files like ini files are made readable for everyone due to this.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/c39719e5-dadd-4414-a96d-5e70a1e3d462 · Exploit

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