CVE-2022-1572
HTML2WP <= 1.0.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, available to any authenticated users such as subscriber, which could allow them to delete arbitrary file
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, available to any authenticated users such as subscriber, which could allow them to delete arbitrary file
- Record
CVE-2022-1572- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HTML2WP <= 1.0.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, available to any authenticated users such as subscriber, which could allow them to delete arbitrary file
- Record
CVE-2022-1572- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-24863 No score
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, available to any authenticated users such as subscriber, which could allow them to delete arbitrary file
- Record
EUVD-2022-24863- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c938-72w7-26mv
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX...
The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, available to any authenticated users such as subscriber, which could allow them to delete arbitrary file
- Record
GHSA-c938-72w7-26mv- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1572 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Html2wp Project Html2wp, published June 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.