WP-Invoice Plugin up to 4.3.1 on WordPress Setting cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in WP-Invoice Plugin up to 4.3.1 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-1617. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WP-Invoice Plugin up to 4.3.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The WP-Invoice WordPress plugin through 4.3.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, and is lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of them, allowing attacker to make a logged in admin change them and add XSS payload in them

The weakness was released 01/16/2024 by Mariam Tariq. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1617 since 05/07/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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05/07/2022 🔍
01/16/2024 +619 days 🔍
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06/11/2025 +512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Mariam Tariq
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-1617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250861

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:17
Updated: 06/11/2025 23:28
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:17 (40), 02/06/2024 10:37 (11), 06/11/2025 23:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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