CVE-2022-45851
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in ShareThis ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics.This issue affects ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics: from n/a through 3.1.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a Missing Authorization (Broken Access Control) vulnerability in the ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin. The vulnerability allows authenticated users with low-level privileges (such as subscribers) to access functionality or data that should require higher privileges, likely through direct object references or missing capability checks on specific AJAX endpoints or admin pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics plugin is installedCheck WordPress plugins directory for the plugin folder or view it in the Plugins admin pageAffected if the plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check the version displayed in the WordPress plugins listAffected if the installed version cannot be determined or is older than the patched version
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Locate plugin AJAX endpointsSearch plugin PHP files for wp_ajax_ action hooks and review their callback functionsAffected if the plugin registers AJAX handlers that process sensitive requests
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Verify capability checks on AJAX handlersExamine each AJAX callback function for current_user_can() or similar authorization calls before executing sensitive operationsAffected if AJAX endpoints lack proper capability verification and allow subscriber-level users to execute them
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Test low-privilege user accessUsing a subscriber account, attempt to access admin plugin pages or trigger AJAX actions that should require administrator privilegesAffected if a subscriber-level user can access functionality intended only for administrators
A user is affected if the ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics plugin is installed and low-privilege users (such as subscribers) can access admin functions or AJAX endpoints that lack proper capability checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks (capability/permission verification) on all sensitive admin functions and AJAX endpoints to ensure users can only access resources and actions appropriate to their role.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-45851 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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