# CVE-2022-45835: WordPress PhonePe Payment Solutions Plugin <= 1.0.15 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

> An attacker can exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the PhonePe Payment Solutions WordPress plugin to access internal resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:** 13 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5qhh-783c-vpmm

## What is CVE-2022-45835?

CVE-2022-45835 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in PhonePe Payment Solutions, published on 13 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in PhonePe PhonePe Payment Solutions.This issue affects PhonePe Payment Solutions: from n/a through 1.0.15.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45835?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phonepe Phonepe.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45835?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45835 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-45835 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress PhonePe Payment Solutions <=1.0.15 - Server-Side Request Forgery (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-45835.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in PhonePe Payment Solutions

- [CVE-2018-17401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17401/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-17403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17403/): Business logic in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-17400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17400/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2018-17402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17402/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-5154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5154/): PhonePe App SQLite Database databases cleartext storage in file (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45835 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45835 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in PhonePe Payment Solutions, published on 13 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-45835 exists.

Affected product: PhonePe Payment Solutions. 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-2022-45835/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45835/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45835
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45835
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45835

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45835/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.