What is CVE-2022-4774?

CVE-2022-4774 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bitapps Bit Form, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-4774?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4774 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Bitapps Bit Form

CVE-2022-4774

The Bit Form WordPress plugin before 1.9 does not validate the file types uploaded via it's file upload form field, allowing unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files types such as PHP or HTML files to the server, leading to Remote Code Execution.

Published 2023-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bitapps Bit Form
Bit Form — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ae5c375-a6a0-4c0b-a9ef-e4d2a28bce5e (Exploit, technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4774?: CVE-2022-4774 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bitapps Bit Form, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-4774?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4774 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.