CVE-2022-1574

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

HTML2WP WordPress Plugin < 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Import Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2022-1574 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

The HTML2WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when importing files, and does not validate them, as a result, unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) on the remote server

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress HTML2WP <=1.0.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
CRITICALVERIFIEDby theamanrawat

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c36d0ea8-bf5c-4af9-bd3d-911eb02adc14

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0997
EPSS Percentile 95.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-11-18
CWE
CWE-352 CWE-862
Status published
Products (1)
html2wp_project/html2wp < 1.0.0
Published Jun 27, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026