CVE-2022-2172

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2022-2172 · Published 22/08/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-2172 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting linkworth (linkworth).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 33.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.3.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
linkworth linkworth	`< 3.3.4`	`3.3.4`

Description

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.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset · Patch
wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb6ed12-ae64-4075-9d0b-5620e998df74 · Exploit

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