What is CVE-2022-1601?

CVE-2022-1601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alexanderschneider User Access Manager, classified under CWE-290 AUTHENTICATION BYPASS BY SPOOFING. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-1601?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1601 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Alexanderschneider User Access Manager

CVE-2022-1601

The User Access Manager WordPress plugin before 2.2.18 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible for attackers to access restricted content in certain situations.

Published 2023-08-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Alexanderschneider User Access Manager
User Access Manager — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/f6d3408c-2ceb-4a89-822b-13f5272a5fce (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1601?: CVE-2022-1601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alexanderschneider User Access Manager, classified under CWE-290 AUTHENTICATION BYPASS BY SPOOFING. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-1601?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1601 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.