CVE-2022-45073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in REST API Authentication plugin <= 2.4.0 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-18

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

miniOrange

WordPress REST API Authentication (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.4.0`	affected	≤ 2.4.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:wordpress_rest_api_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 2.4.1 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47994	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in REST API Authentication plugin <= 2.4.0 on WordPress.

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 0.00083.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-rest-api-authentication/wordpress-rest-api-authentication-plugin-2-4-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Miniorange Wordpress Rest Api Authentication

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T21:42:34.048Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:51.964Z

Reserved: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45073

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:31.446Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:29.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:28:43.747

Link: CVE-2022-45073

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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