# CVE-2022-36796: Cross-site request forgery in CallRail Phone Call Tracking (WordPress plugin)

> Attackers can exploit CSRF to inject stored XSS payloads, allowing script execution in victim browsers via the CallRail Phone Call Tracking plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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:** 1 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qm6g-qrgf-9jh7

## What is CVE-2022-36796?

CVE-2022-36796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CallRail, Inc. CallRail Phone Call Tracking (WordPress plugin), published on 1 Sep 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 leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in CallRail, Inc. CallRail Phone Call Tracking plugin <= 0.4.9 at WordPress.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36796?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Callrail Callrail Phone Call Tracking.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-36796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-36796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CallRail, Inc. CallRail Phone Call Tracking (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2023-5051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5051/): CallRail Phone Call Tracking <= 0.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-36796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CallRail, Inc. CallRail Phone Call Tracking (WordPress plugin), published on 1 Sep 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-2022-36796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CallRail, Inc. CallRail Phone Call Tracking (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-2022-36796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36796

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36796/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.