vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-rest-api-authentication: CVE-2022-45073: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 9, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 9, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The WordPress REST API Authentication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save_temporary_data' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make plugin settings changes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Solution
wp-rest-api-authentication-plugin-cve-2022-45073
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45073
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb35f31-60a6-40b5-aed3-102a1c8c4fd1?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-47994
- CVE-2022-45073
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-45073
- CWE-352
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-47994
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