CVE-2022-3538

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2022-3538 · Published 14/11/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-3538 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting webmaster tools verification (webmaster tools verification project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 32.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webmaster tools verification webmaster_tools_verification_project	`≤ 1.2`	No fix yet

Description

The Webmaster Tools Verification WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when disabling plugins, allowing unauthenticated users to disable arbitrary plugins

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/337ee7ed-9ade-4567-b976-88386cbcf036 · Exploit

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