{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36404 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-36404 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO (WordPress plugin), published on 3 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36404 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-36404 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO (WordPress plugin), published on 3 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36404 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: David Cole Simple SEO (WordPress plugin). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36404/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-36404","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36404/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-36404","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-phgf-827r-fv8x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass authorization and perform unauthorized actions via CSRF in the Simple SEO WordPress plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"simple_seo","vendor":"coleds"}],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"},{"id":"CWE-352","name":"Cross-Site Request Forgery"}],"description":"Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO (WordPress plugin) plugin \u003c= 1.8.12 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Simple SEO plugin \u003c= 1.8.12 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-36404","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress amCharts: Charts and Maps plugin \u003c= 1.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-36405"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Installer of Device Software Manager","id":"CVE-2022-36403"},"products":["Simple SEO (WordPress plugin)"],"published":"2022-11-03","related":[{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Simple SEO \u003c= 1.7.91 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-1628","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-06"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"WordPress Simple SEO Plugin \u003c= 2.0.25 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-45269","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-13"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"WordPress Simple SEO plugin \u003c= 1.8.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-44627","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["David Cole"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass authorization and perform unauthorized actions via CSRF in the Simple SEO WordPress plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36404/"}