# CVE-2022-2382: Product Slider for WooCommerce < 2.5.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Options Deletion

> Authenticated users can delete arbitrary blog options due to missing authorization checks in AJAX actions.

- **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:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jjv-j2gc-w825

## What is CVE-2022-2382?

CVE-2022-2382 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Product Slider for WooCommerce, published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Product Slider for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 has flawed CSRF checks and lack authorisation in some of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call them. One in particular could allow them to delete arbitrary blog options.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2382?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Shapedplugin Product Slider for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2382?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2382 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Product Slider for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2023-0537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0537/): Product Slider For WooCommerce Lite <= 1.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-4629](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4629/): Product Slider for WooCommerce < 2.6.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2382 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2382 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Product Slider for WooCommerce, published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Product Slider for 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-2022-2382/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2382/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2382
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2382
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2382

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2382/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.