# CVE-2022-29453: WordPress API KEY for Google Maps plugin <= 1.2.1 - CSRF vulnerability leading to Google Maps API key update

> Attackers can force logged-in users to update the Google Maps API key via CSRF, requiring plugin updates.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 15 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vc9g-fwv6-r53p

## What is CVE-2022-29453?

CVE-2022-29453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AyeCode Ltd API KEY for Google Maps, published on 15 Jun 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in API KEY for Google Maps plugin <= 1.2.1 at WordPress leading to Google Maps API key update.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29453?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ayecode Api Key for Google Maps.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29453?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29453 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29453 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29453 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AyeCode Ltd API KEY for Google Maps, published on 15 Jun 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-2022-29453 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AyeCode Ltd API KEY for Google Maps. 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-2022-29453/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29453/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29453
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29453
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29453

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29453/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.