# CVE-2022-2245: Counter Box < 1.2.1 - Arbitrary Counter Activation/Deactivation via CSRF


- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wp8p-fcqc-823w

## What is CVE-2022-2245?

CVE-2022-2245 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Counter Box – WordPress  plugin for countdown, timer, counter, published on 1 Aug 2022. 

### Official description

The Counter Box WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 is lacking CSRF check when activating and deactivating counters, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such actions via CSRF attacks

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2245?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wow-Company Counter Box.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2245?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2245 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2245 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Counter Box – WordPress  plugin for countdown, timer, counter

- [CVE-2022-29446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29446/): WordPress Counter Box plugin <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-24715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24715/): WordPress Counter Box Plugin <= 2.0.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-3481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3481/): Counter Box < 1.2.4 - Counter Deletion via CSRF (medium 5.2)
- [CVE-2024-13901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13901/): Cross-site scripting in Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2245 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2245 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Counter Box – WordPress  plugin for countdown, timer, counter, published on 1 Aug 2022. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Counter Box – WordPress  plugin for countdown, timer, counter. 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-2022-2245/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2245/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2245
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2245
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2245

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2245/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.