vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: page-views-count: CVE-2022-40131: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 13, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Page View Count plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the reset_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Solution

page-views-count-plugin-cve-2022-40131
Title
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