# CVE-2022-0775: WooCommerce < 6.2.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Comment Deletion

> Authenticated users can delete arbitrary comments due to missing authorization checks in the WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hw3h-gc2r-whp8

## What is CVE-2022-0775?

CVE-2022-0775 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WooCommerce, published on 16 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 6.2.1 does not have proper authorisation check when deleting reviews, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to delete arbitrary comment

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0775?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Woocommerce Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0775?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0775 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0775 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WooCommerce

- [CVE-2019-20891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20891/): WooCommerce Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-18356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18356/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-20714](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20714/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-5062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5062/): WooCommerce <= 9.4.2 - PostMessage-Based Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-9168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9168/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0775 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0775 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WooCommerce, published on 16 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0775 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0775/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0775/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0775
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0775
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0775

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0775/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.