What is CVE-2022-44581?

CVE-2022-44581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpmu Dev Defender Security, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-44581?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-44581 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wpmu Dev Defender Security

CVE-2022-44581

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security allows : Screen Temporary Files for Sensitive Information.This issue affects Defender Security: from n/a through 3.3.2.

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-922

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-secu… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44581?: CVE-2022-44581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpmu Dev Defender Security, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-44581?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-44581 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.