# CVE-2022-40194: WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive information via the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 23 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9qq-f6m5-gmx2

## What is CVE-2022-40194?

CVE-2022-40194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CusRev Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin), published on 23 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 at WordPress

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40194?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cusrev Customer Reviews for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40194?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CusRev Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2023-6979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6979/): Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0080/): Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.16.0 - Contributor+ LFI (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-3731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3731/): Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.47.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-0079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0079/): Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-1044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1044/): Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.10 - Improper Authorization via submit_review (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40194 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CusRev Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin), published on 23 Sep 2022. 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-2022-40194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CusRev Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (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-2022-40194/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40194/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40194
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40194
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40194

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40194/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.