WatchTowerHQ <= 3.6.15 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion
CVE-2022-44584Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.6.15Update to 3.6.16 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.1
- CVSS
- 9.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WatchTowerHQ watchtowerhq
- Affected≤ 3.6.15
- Patched in3.6.16
Update to 3.6.16 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.6.15. Version 3.6.16 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WatchTowerHQ.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.6.16, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WatchTowerHQ to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dave Jong.
The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in versions up to, and including, 3.6.15 due to missing capability checks on several REST API endpoints. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WatchTowerHQ
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via 'wht_download_big_object_origin' Parameter ≤3.16.0Update to 3.16.1 | CVE-2025-13972 | |
| Critical9.8 | Authentication Bypass to Administrator due to Missing Empty Value Check ≤3.10.1Update to 3.10.4 | CVE-2024-9933 | |
| Critical9.8 | Type Juggling to Authentication Bypass in check_ota ≤3.6.16Update to 3.6.17 | CVE-2023-25701 | |
| High8.6 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download ≤3.6.15Update to 3.6.16 | CVE-2022-44583 |
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via 'wht_download_big_object_origin' Parameter
≤3.16.0Update to 3.16.1
- Critical9.8Authentication Bypass to Administrator due to Missing Empty Value Check
≤3.10.1Update to 3.10.4
- Critical9.8Type Juggling to Authentication Bypass in check_ota
≤3.6.16Update to 3.6.17
- High8.6Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
≤3.6.15Update to 3.6.16
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.