6.5

CVE-2022-4016: booster booster_for_woocommerce Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 12-12-2022Last modified 22-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4016 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in booster booster_for_woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.1.8, 5.6.6 and 5.6.7.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.6, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.8 does not properly check for CSRF when creating and deleting Customer roles, allowing attackers to make logged admins create and delete arbitrary custom roles via CSRF attacks

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown3 products
Wordpress3 products
  • booster-elite-for-woocommerce≤ 1.1.7 (fixed in 1.1.8)
  • booster-plus-for-woocommerce≤ 5.6.5 (fixed in 5.6.6)
  • woocommerce-jetpack≤ 5.6.6 (fixed in 5.6.7)
Booster1 product

3 vendors · 7 products

References

2 links