Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-1672

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 July 2022

Published
17 July 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-1672 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Insights From Google Pagespeed Project Insights From Google Pagespeed. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Insights from Google PageSpeed WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not verify for CSRF before doing various actions such as deleting Custom URLs, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such actions via CSRF attacks

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

insights from google pagespeed project
insights from google pagespeed
≤ 4.0.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-352

Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.

addresses: CWE-352

Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.

addresses: CWE-352

Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.

addresses: CWE-352

Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.

References