CVE-2022-2839: unknown zephyr project manager Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-2839 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in unknown zephyr project manager. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.2.55.
Timeline
- 03-10-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not have any authorisation as well as CSRF in all its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to call them either directly or via CSRF attacks. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also allow them to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.06 pp
From 0.41% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Affected systems
Ubuntu2 products
- wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)
- zephyrAll versions (No fix recorded)
Unknown1 product
- zephyr project manager≥ 3.2.55, < 3.2.55
Wordpress1 product
- zephyr-project-manager< 3.2.55
Zephyr-one1 product
- zephyr_project_manager< 3.2.55
4 vendors · 5 products
References
4 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/82e01f95-81c2-46d8-898e-07b3b8a3f8c9X Refsource MISCREPORTExploitThird Party Advisory