🛡️ CVE-2022-2091 — cache-images

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-352 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

The Cache Images WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make any logged user upload images via a CSRF attack.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-2091 is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A state-changing request is accepted without proof it was intended, so another site can trigger it using the victim's session.

Affected software

CVE-2022-2091 is recorded against 1 package.

  • cache-images (fixed in 3.2.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 July 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

wpscan.com
wpscan.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-352
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-07-11
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cache-images — 3.2.1

Exploit Protection

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