CVE-2022-1654Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Subscriber-to-Administrator escalation via unchecked template uninstall

Published Jun 13, 2022 · Updated Jan 31, 2025

Privilege escalation in Artbees Jupiter before 6.10.2 and Jupiter X Core before 2.0.8 allows remote authenticated users to become administrators. The exposed template-uninstall AJAX actions invoke uninstallTemplate without capability or nonce checks, and resetWordpressDatabase reinstalls the site with the caller as its owner. Subscriber-level access is enough to replace the existing owner with the attacker's account and take administrative control of the WordPress site.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability1.55%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Artbees Jupiter before 6.10.2 and Jupiter X Core before 2.0.8 allows remote authenticated users to become administrators. The exposed template-uninstall AJAX actions invoke uninstallTemplate without capability or nonce checks, and resetWordpressDatabase reinstalls the site with the caller as its owner. Subscriber-level access is enough to replace the existing owner with the attacker's account and take administrative control of the WordPress site.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-1654
Published
Jun 13, 2022
Updated
Jan 31, 2025
Vendor
Artbees
Product
Jupiter
Classifications
CWE-269, T1098
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 31, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.10.1 <=6.10.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Artbees · Jupiterversion=6.10.1 <=6.10.1
Artbees · Jupiter X Coreversion=2.0.7 <=2.0.7

Published CVSS scores

9.9Wordfence advisoryCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.0NIST NVDAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8Wordfence CNACVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1098Account Manipulation

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