CVE-2022-1765
Hot Linked Image Cacher <= 1.16 - Image upload/cache abuse via CSRF
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).
- Record
CVE-2022-1765- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Hot Linked Image Cacher <= 1.16 - Image upload/cache abuse via CSRF
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).
- Record
CVE-2022-1765- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-25046 No score
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).
- Record
EUVD-2022-25046- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qrgj-8v2x-mxh3
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used...
The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).
- Record
GHSA-qrgj-8v2x-mxh3- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- 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-2022-1765 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Hot Linked Image Cacher Project Linked Image Cacher, published June 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.