Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-1001

Description

The WP Downgrade WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 only perform client side validation of its "WordPress Target Version" settings, but does not sanitise and escape it server side, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

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Affected products

WordPress/Wp Downgradeinferred2 versions
<1.2.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <1.2.3
- (no CPE)range: <1.2.3
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-downgrade

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2696091nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com/vulnerability/34a7b3cd-e2b5-4891-ab33-af6a2a0eecebnvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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