What is CVE-2022-45829?

CVE-2022-45829 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp-Ecommerce Easy Wp Smtp, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-45829?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-45829 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Wp-Ecommerce Easy Wp Smtp

CVE-2022-45829

Auth. Path Traversal vulnerability in Easy WP SMTP plugin <= 1.5.1 at WordPress.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/easy-wp-smtp/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugi… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45829?: CVE-2022-45829 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp-Ecommerce Easy Wp Smtp, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-45829?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-45829 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.