CVE-2026-22342
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in WordPress Dating Theme <= 11.2.0 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 confidenceAn unauthenticated Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in WordPress Dating Theme versions 11.2.0 and below. Attackers can trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the affected WordPress site, potentially allowing unauthorized actions such as modifying settings or performing administrative tasks without proper consent.
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
- 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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Identify if WordPress Dating Theme is installedNavigate to wp-content/themes/ in your WordPress installation directory and look for a theme folder named 'dating' or similar. Check the theme's style.css file for the theme name.Affected if The dating theme folder exists in the themes directory.
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Confirm the installed theme versionOpen the theme's style.css file (wp-content/themes/dating/style.css) and look for the 'Version:' declaration in the file header comment. Alternatively, check version.php in the theme folder.Affected if The version listed is 11.2.0 or below.
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Verify the theme is activeIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes and confirm the Dating theme is currently activated.Affected if The dating theme is the active theme.
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Inspect forms for missing CSRF tokensExamine PHP files in the theme for form submissions (POST requests). Search for forms that submit to admin-post.php, custom handlers, or AJAX endpoints. Check if each form includes a nonce field (wp_nonce_field, wp_create_nonce, or similar) or validates a token.Affected if State-changing forms exist without nonce verification.
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Check AJAX endpoints for nonce validationSearch theme PHP files for add_action('wp_ajax_') and add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_') handlers. For each handler, verify it calls check_ajax_referer or wp_verify_nonce to validate the request origin.Affected if AJAX endpoints handle state-changing actions without nonce verification.
You are affected if the WordPress Dating Theme is active, version 11.2.0 or below, and forms or AJAX endpoints lack CSRF token (nonce) validation.
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 (nonces) on all state-changing forms and AJAX endpoints within the theme, validate the Referer header on POST requests, and set the SameSite attribute on session cookies. If a patched version is available, upgrade to that version.
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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-2026-22342 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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