This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
A bypass vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to bypass certain restrictions in the code.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until an official fix becomes available, can be tested and be safely applied.
28 Nov, 2022