# CVE-2022-40131: WordPress Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> An attacker can trick users into resetting Page View Count plugin settings via CSRF, requiring a plugin upgrade.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 3 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vfhp-wcj2-733h

## What is CVE-2022-40131?

CVE-2022-40131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count (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.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 on WordPress allows an attacker to reset the plugin settings.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40131?

It affects 1 product.


Products: A3rev Page View Count.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40131?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40131 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in a3rev Software Page View Count (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2022-0434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0434/): Page Views Count < 2.4.15 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2816/): Page View Count 2.8.0 - 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0095/): Page View Count < 2.6.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24509/): Page View Counts < 2.4.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40131 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count (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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: a3rev Software Page View Count (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-2022-40131/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40131/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40131
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40131
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40131

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40131/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.