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CVE-2022-1793: Private Files <= 0.40 - Protection Disabling via CSRF

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Private Files WordPress plugin through 0.40 is missing CSRF check when disabling the protection, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action via a CSRF attack and make the blog public

Affected products

• Private Files: 0.40

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd8b84b4-6944-4638-bdc1-1cb6aaabd42c
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd8b84b4-6944-4638-bdc1-1cb6aaabd42c

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