# CVE-2022-35656: Cross-site request forgery in Pega Infinity

> Authenticated security administrators can alter CSRF settings, potentially bypassing cross-site request forgery protections in Pega Platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp84-wpgp-jv9x

## What is CVE-2022-35656?

CVE-2022-35656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pegasystems Pega Infinity, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Pega Platform from 8.3 to 8.7.3 vulnerability may allow authenticated security administrators to alter CSRF settings directly.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35656?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pega Pega Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35656?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pegasystems Pega Infinity

- [CVE-2023-32090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32090/): Hardcoded credentials in Pega Platform (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15390/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8774/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-2160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2160/): Cross-site scripting in Pega Infinity (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-28094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28094/): Hardcoded credentials in Pega Platform (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35656 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pegasystems Pega Infinity, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pegasystems Pega Infinity. 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-2022-35656/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35656/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35656
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35656
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35656

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35656/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.