CVE-2022-36404 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2022-36404

WordPress Simple SEO plugin <= 1.8.12 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO (WordPress plugin) plugin <= 1.8.12 versions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Mika (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/cds-simple-seo/wordpress-simple-seo-plugin-1-8-12-authenticated-sitemap-deletion-creation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Simple SEO (WordPress plugin)

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2022

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862 CWE-352

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1531 Account Access Removal

Impact

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link