CVE-2022-50955

WordPress Plugin Curtain 1.0.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to activate or deactivate site maintenance mode by crafting malicious requests. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting forged requests to the options-general.php page with curtain parameters to toggle maintenance mode without valid nonce validation.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/curtain/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50842
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-curtain-cross-site-request-forgery

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-10 13:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 19:10

NVD link : CVE-2022-50955

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50955

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50955

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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