CVE-2022-50955 WordPress Plugin Curtain 1.0.2 Cross-site Request Forgery
Attackers can trick administrators into toggling site maintenance mode via forged requests due to missing nonce validation in the Curtain plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-50955?
CVE-2022-50955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Curtain, published on 10 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
WordPress Plugin Curtain 1.0.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to activate or deactivate site maintenance mode by crafting malicious requests. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting forged requests to the options-general.php page with curtain parameters to toggle maintenance mode without valid nonce validation.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50955?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-50955 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-50955 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmcf-f324-fm28.