CVE-2022-0445 | WordPress Real Cookie Banner < 2.14.2 - Settings Reset via CSRF

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The WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 2.14.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when resetting its settings, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack

Published: 2022-03-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-0445 is rated Exploit Available (51.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-0445

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-0445

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-06 0.18% 0.13% -0.05%
2 2025-03-30 4.63% 0.18% -4.45%
3 2025-03-29 4.63%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-0445

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-0445

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0445

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
devowl wordpress_real_cookie_banner < 2.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-0445

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