CVE-2022-2357
The WSM Downloader WordPress plugin through 1.4.0 allows any visitor to use its remote file download feature to download any local files, including sensitive ones like wp-config.php.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The WSM Downloader WordPress plugin through 1.4.0 allows any visitor to use its remote file download feature to download any local files, including sensitive ones like wp-config.php.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-552
- Affected
- wsm downloader project/wsm downloader
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/42499b84-684e-42e1-b7f0-de206d4da553Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/42499b84-684e-42e1-b7f0-de206d4da553Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.