CVE-2022-2172
LinkWorth Plugin < 3.3.4 - Arbitrary Setting Update via CSRF
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change settings via a CSRF attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change settings via a CSRF attack.
- Record
CVE-2022-2172- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
LinkWorth Plugin < 3.3.4 - Arbitrary Setting Update via CSRF
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change settings via a CSRF attack.
- Record
CVE-2022-2172- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34457 No score
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change settings via a CSRF attack.
- Record
EUVD-2022-34457- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2v8-4gvf-47f7
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow...
The LinkWorth WordPress plugin before 3.3.4 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change settings via a CSRF attack.
- Record
GHSA-c2v8-4gvf-47f7- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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-2022-2172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Linkworth, published August 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.