# CVE-2022-3459: WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift <= 1.2.3 - Insufficient Server-Side Validation to Arbitrary Gift Adding

> Unauthenticated attackers can add non-gift items to their cart as gifts due to missing server-side validation in the WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rpwv-q4ch-7pvm

## What is CVE-2022-3459?

CVE-2022-3459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ankitpokhrel WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift, published on 14 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to gift manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to plugin not enforcing server-side checks on the products that can be added as a gift. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add non-gift items to their cart as a gift.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3459?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lilmonkee Woocommerce Multiple Free Gift.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ankitpokhrel WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift, published on 14 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ankitpokhrel WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift. 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-2022-3459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3459/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3459

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3459/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.