CVE-2022-1764
WP-chgFontSize <= 1.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF to Stored XSS
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
- Record
CVE-2022-1764- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WP-chgFontSize <= 1.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF to Stored XSS
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
- Record
CVE-2022-1764- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-25045 No score
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
- Record
EUVD-2022-25045- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8m44-w943-4qx9
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating...
The WP-chgFontSize WordPress plugin through 1.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
- Record
GHSA-8m44-w943-4qx9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1764 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Wp-chgfontsize, published June 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.