CVE-2022-46812
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VillaTheme Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce – Increase Your Sales plugin <= 1.0.13 versions.
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 · high confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VillaTheme's Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce plugin (versions 1.0.13 and below). The plugin lacks proper nonce validation on state-changing actions, allowing attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended configuration changes via maliciously crafted requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.0.13CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Locate the plugin installation directoryAccess your WordPress site via FTP or file manager, navigate to /wp-content/plugins/ and look for a folder named 'woo-thank-you-page-customizer' or similar VillaTheme plugin directory.Affected if The plugin folder exists on the server.
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Identify the installed version numberCheck the main plugin file (usually namedwoo-thank-you-page-customizer.php or similar) inside the plugin folder for the version comment header, or access the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'WooCommerce Thank You Page Customizer' by VillaTheme to read the version number.Affected if Version 1.0.13 or lower is reported.
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Confirm plugin is activeLog into WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and verify that WooCommerce Thank You Page Customizer is currently activated.Affected if The plugin shows as Active.
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Check for nonce validation in plugin codeExamine the plugin PHP files for WordPress nonce verification calls (wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, check_ajax_referer) on form processing and AJAX action handlers, particularly in files handling settings updates or state-changing operations.Affected if No nonce verification is found in the plugin code handling state-changing actions.
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Verify admin user sessions existIn WordPress admin under Users, confirm that administrator accounts exist and have access to the plugin settings pages.Affected if Active administrator users exist who can access the plugin configuration.
Your environment is affected if the VillaTheme WooCommerce Thank You Page Customizer plugin is installed at version 1.0.13 or below and is active, allowing authenticated administrators to be tricked into performing unintended configuration changes via malicious CSRF requests.
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 anti-CSRF tokens (nonce verification) on all form submissions and AJAX actions within the plugin, and verify the request origin using WordPress nonces and referer checks.
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-46812 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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