CVE-2022-2540 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Link Optimizer Lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.4.5. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings and inject malicious scripts if a site administrator is tricked into clicking a crafted link. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating significant potential for impact, including high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link_optimizer_lite_project:link_optimizer_lite:*:*:*:*:*: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
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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.