Forced privileged actions via forged requests
Published Mar 27, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Pankaj Jha WordPress Ping Optimizer 2.35.1.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unwanted actions. The public advisory does not identify the affected request handler, action, or missing request-validation control. Exploitation requires an authenticated privileged user to open attacker-controlled content, and the documented consequence is limited to unspecified actions under that user's session.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Pankaj Jha WordPress Ping Optimizer 2.35.1.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unwanted actions. The public advisory does not identify the affected request handler, action, or missing request-validation control. Exploitation requires an authenticated privileged user to open attacker-controlled content, and the documented consequence is limited to unspecified actions under that user's session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-30705
- Published
- Mar 27, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Pankaj Jha
- Product
- WordPress Ping Optimizer
- Classifications
- CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=2.35.1.2.3 changes=[{"at":"2.35.1.3.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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