# CVE-2022-30337: WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin <= 4.4.8 - Social Settings Update vis Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> An attacker can trick users into updating social settings in the WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin via Cross-Site Request Forgery.

- **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:** 21 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rx95-3qjc-3hfc

## What is CVE-2022-30337?

CVE-2022-30337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO (WordPress plugin), published on 21 Jul 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 JoomUnited WP Meta SEO plugin <= 4.4.8 at WordPress allows an attacker to update the social settings.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30337?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomunited Wp Meta Seo.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-30337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-30337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2023-1381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1381/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.5 - Author+ PHAR Deserialization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0875/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.3 - Subscriber+ SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-6961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6961/): WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer header (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-45456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45456/): WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin <= 4.5.13 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-0876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0876/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.3 - Subscriber+ Improper Authorization causing Arbitrary Redirect (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-30337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-30337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO (WordPress plugin), published on 21 Jul 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-2022-30337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JoomUnited WP Meta SEO (WordPress plugin). 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-2022-30337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30337/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30337

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30337/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.