# CVE-2022-3336: Event Monster < 1.2.0 - Visitors Deletion via CSRF

> Attackers can force logged-in admins to delete arbitrary visitors in the Event Monster WordPress plugin due to missing CSRF checks.

- **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:** 21 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7mhf-hm4m-p9w6

## What is CVE-2022-3336?

CVE-2022-3336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Event Monster, published on 21 Nov 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 Event Monster WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not have CSRF check when deleting visitors, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin delete arbitrary visitors via a CSRF attack

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3336?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Awplife Event Monster.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3336?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3336 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3336 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3336 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Event Monster

- [CVE-2024-1895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1895/): Event Monster <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via Custom Meta (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-3720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3720/): Event Monster < 1.2.1 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-47525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47525/): WordPress Event Management Tickets Booking Plugin <= 1.3.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-11396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11396/): Event monster <= 1.4.3 - Information Exposure Via Visitors List Export (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-5059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5059/): WordPress Event Monster Plugin <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3336 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Event Monster, published on 21 Nov 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3336 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Event Monster. 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-2022-3336/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3336/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3336
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3336
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3336

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3336/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.