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WordPress Plugin: throws-spam-away: CVE-2022-1709: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 16, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

The Throws SPAM Away WordPress plugin before 3.3.1 does not have CSRF checks in place when deleting comments (either all, spam, or pending), allowing attackers to make a logged in admin delete comments via a CSRF attack

Solution

throws-spam-away-plugin-cve-2022-1709
Title
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