Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Easy Digital Downloads for WordPress versions 3.0.1 and earlier are reported vulnerable to PHP Object Injection. The CVSS score is medium because exploitation requires high privileges and high complexity, but successful abuse could affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a low level.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority ecommerce platform issue. It is not shown as actively exploited in the supplied sources, but affected stores should remediate because the plugin handles digital commerce workflows and the flaw can impact data or service reliability.
Technical view
CVE-2022-33900 is a CWE-502 deserialization issue in Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.0.1. The supplied CVSS vector indicates network reachability, high attack complexity, high required privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and low C/I/A impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running Easy Digital Downloads version 3.0.1 or earlier, especially where high-privilege WordPress accounts exist or are shared broadly.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. It also does not provide exploit details, affected code paths, or a confirmed fixed version.
Researcher notes
Evidence is enough to identify product, affected range, CWE, and CVSS. The supplied sources do not include vulnerable parameters, proof-of-concept status, exploit chains, or a named fixed version, so validation should stay version- and vendor-guidance based.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites using Easy Digital Downloads.
- Check vendor guidance for the fixed or recommended version.
- Upgrade installations running version 3.0.1 or earlier if vendor guidance confirms remediation.
- Restrict high-privilege WordPress accounts to trusted administrators.
- Review plugin and WordPress backups before remediation changes.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Easy Digital Downloads is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed plugin version for each site.
- Compare versions against the affected range: 3.0.1 or earlier.
- Review administrator account activity for unusual changes.
- Verify remediation status against the WordPress plugin changelog or vendor notice.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L0.73.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/easy-digital-downloads/wordpress-easy-digital-downloads-plugin-3-0-1-php-object-injection-vulnerabilityCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/#developersCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Deserialization of Untrusted Data represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.