CVE-2022-38079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability Backup Scheduler plugin <= 1.5.13 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Backup Scheduler Project	Backup Scheduler

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:backup_scheduler_project:backup_scheduler:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backup-scheduler/wordpress-backup-scheduler-plugin-1-5-13-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability/_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-scheduler/

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}`

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-23T18:35:40.330Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:46.908Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38079

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.537Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T19:15:14.323

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:18:42.090

Link: CVE-2022-38079

Redhat

No data.

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