CVE-2022-44584 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauth. Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WatchTowerHQ plugin <= 3.6.15 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Watchtowerhq	Watchtower

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:watchtowerhq:watchtower:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47522	Unauth. Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WatchTowerHQ plugin <= 3.6.15 on WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 3.6.16 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/watchtowerhq/wordpress-watchtowerhq-plugin-3-6-15-unauth-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/watchtowerhq/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T22:01:01.983Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:51:27.485Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44584

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:54:03.956Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:28.830

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:28:10.153

Link: CVE-2022-44584

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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