CVE-2022-1599
Published: 11 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1599 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Admin Management Xtended Project Admin Management Xtended. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 45.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-24888
Vulnerability details
The Admin Management Xtended WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not have CSRF checks in some of its AJAX actions, allowing attackers to make a logged users with the right capabilities to call them. This can lead to changes in post…
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- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.