CVE-2022-40194 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-40194: WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Vendor Cusrev

Product Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure

Published September 23, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 at WordPress

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin through version 5.3.5 exposes sensitive information to unauthenticated users. An attacker can read data that should be restricted without needing to log in or interact with a site owner. The vulnerability stems from insufficient access controls on data endpoints.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information from the plugin without authentication.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Customer or site data may be visible to anyone on the internet without logging in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the WordPress site; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 23, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40194 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html AskarLabs — CWE-200 write-up Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-40194

CWE CWE-200

CVSS 5.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions