CVE-2022-40131 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 on WordPress allows an attacker to reset the plugin settings.

Published: 2022-11-03

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

a3rev Software

Page View Count (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.5.5`	affected	≤ 2.5.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:a3rev:page_view_count:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 2.5.6 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43449	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 on WordPress allows an attacker to reset the plugin settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/page-views-count/wordpress-page-view-count-plugin-2-5-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-views-count/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

A3rev Page View Count

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-03T19:26:22.217Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:47.545Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40131

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.967Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T20:15:30.850

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:20:55.553

Link: CVE-2022-40131

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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