# CVE-2022-2276: WP Edit Menu < 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary posts or pages due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in an AJAX action.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6xp2-3wp8-xhf3

## What is CVE-2022-2276?

CVE-2022-2276 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WP Edit Menu, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WP Edit Menu WordPress plugin before 1.5.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts/pages from the blog

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2276?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp Edit Menu Project Wp Edit Menu.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2276?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2276 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2276 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Edit Menu

- [CVE-2022-2275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2275/): WP Edit Menu <= 1.5.0 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2276 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2276 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WP Edit Menu, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown WP Edit Menu. 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-2022-2276/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2276/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2276
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2276
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2276

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2276/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.