CVE-2022-41781: Broken Access Control vulnerability in Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.2.20 on WordPress.

medium Affects permalink-manager-lite (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.2, updated 2026-10-29; published 2022-11-18; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Broken Access Control vulnerability in Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.2.20 on WordPress.

Package: permalink-manager-lite (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.2.20.1
Fixed in: 2.2.20.1
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (53.9th percentile)
Published: 2022-11-18
Source: nvd

References

CWE-264

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