CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2540
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
The Link Optimizer Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 1.4.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the admin_page function found in the ~/admin.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected configurations
• link optimizer lite project link optimizer lite (<= 1.4.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/link-optimizer-lite/1.4.5/admin.php#L20 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca64692b-b194-4ceb-975e-72e4041252f2?source=cve www.wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2540 Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/link-optimizer-lite/1.4.5/admin.php#L20 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca64692b-b194-4ceb-975e-72e4041252f2?source=cve www.wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2540 Third Party Advisory