Vulnerability in Watchtowerhq Watchtower

CVE-2022-44584

Unauth. Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WatchTowerHQ plugin <= 3.6.15 on WordPress.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Watchtowerhq Watchtower
Whatarmy Watchtowerhq (Wordpress Plugin) — versions <= 3.6.15

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

audit@patchstack.com (Third Party Advisory)
audit@patchstack.com (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44584?: CVE-2022-44584 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Watchtowerhq Watchtower. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-44584?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-44584 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.