# CVE-2022-45842: WordPress WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.4 is vulnerable to Race Condition vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a race condition to arbitrarily increase or decrease rating scores in the WP ULike plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 30 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8p7h-769g-x7mf

## What is CVE-2022-45842?

CVE-2022-45842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TechnoWich WP ULike (WordPress plugin), published on 30 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unauth. Race Condition vulnerability in WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.4 on WordPress allows attackers to increase/decrease rating scores.

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45842?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Technowich Wp Ulike.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45842?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45842 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TechnoWich WP ULike (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2023-45640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45640/): WordPress WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-12770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12770/): WP ULike < 4.7.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-7879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7879/): WP ULike < 4.7.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widgets (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-7878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7878/): WP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-6094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6094/): WP ULike < 4.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45842 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TechnoWich WP ULike (WordPress plugin), published on 30 Nov 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-2022-45842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TechnoWich WP ULike (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-2022-45842/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45842/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45842
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45842
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45842

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45842/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.