CVE-2022-47161 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-47161: WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting Plugin <= 1.5.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor The Wordpress.org Community

Product Health Check & Troubleshooting

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published May 25, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in The WordPress.Org community Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin <= 1.5.1 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability affects versions up to 1.5.1.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit a page controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 25, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47161 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-47161

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions