vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: customer-reviews-woocommerce: CVE-2022-40194: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Sep 22, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 22, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin contains several AJAX actions that are not protected by capability or nonce checks in versions up to, and including, 5.3.5. This allows authenticated users, such as subscribers, to perform actions that should be restricted to administrators, such as exporting sensitive data including unpublished reviews.
Solution
customer-reviews-woocommerce-plugin-cve-2022-40194
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40194
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34eaee0f-7a5b-4496-a5c8-5f6c69e24417?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-43495
- CVE-2022-40194
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-40194
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-43495
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