CVE-2022-44583 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2022-11-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

WhatArmy

WatchTowerHQ (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 3.6.15`	affected	≤ 3.6.15

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 3.6.16 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47521	Unauth. Arbitrary File Download 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 High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00614.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

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

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

Subscriptions

Watchtowerhq Watchtower

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T22:02:16.165Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:51.355Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-44583

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:54:03.915Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:28.680

Modified: 2025-02-20T15:15:10.123

Link: CVE-2022-44583

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-552

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