Sermon Browser <= 0.45.22 - Arbitrary File Upload via CSRF
Priority LOW 39CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352 and CWE-434.
Summary
The Sermon Browser WordPress plugin through 0.45.22 does not have CSRF checks in place when uploading Sermon files, and does not validate them in any way, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin upload arbitrary files such as PHP ones.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00628 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sermon Browser | 0.45.22 – 0.45.22 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Sermon Browser VendorUnknown Affected 0.45.22 – 0.45.22 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sermon_browser_project:sermon_browser:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 0.45.22 | Vulnerable | Sermon Browser Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:sermon_browser_project:sermon_browser:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 0.45.22 Vulnerable ·Sermon Browser Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0499
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8w4-5x7j-f9rc
- 2026-10-30 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Sermon Browser Project Sermon Browser vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-08935 The sermon-browser plugin before 0.45.16 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-0499 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0499 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j8w4-5x7j-f9rc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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