CSRF in Curtain
CVE-2022-50955
WordPress Plugin Curtain 1.0.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to activate or deactivate site maintenance mode by crafting malicious requests. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting forged requests to the options-general.php page with curtain parameters to toggle maintenance mode without valid nonce validation.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (2.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Curtain — versions 1.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50842 (exploit)
- wordpress.org/plugins/curtain/ (product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-curtain-cross-site-request-forgery (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50955?
- CVE-2022-50955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Curtain, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-05-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50955?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.