CVE-2022-2233 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Banner Cycler plugin for WordPress, specifically in versions up to and including 1.4. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce protection in the pabc_admin_slides_postback() function, located in the ~/admin/admin.php file. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk where unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious web scripts if they can trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:banner_cycler_project:banner_cycler:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.