# CVE-2022-46794: WordPress WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping Plugin <= 5.4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions in the WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg3m-q73v-p23p

## What is CVE-2022-46794?

CVE-2022-46794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in weightbasedshipping.com WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping, published on 24 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in weightbasedshipping.Com WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping plugin <= 5.4.1 versions.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46794?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Weightbasedshipping Woocommerce Weight Based Shipping.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46794?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46794 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46794 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in weightbasedshipping.com WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping, published on 24 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: weightbasedshipping.com WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping. 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-2022-46794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46794/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46794
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46794
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46794

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46794/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.