CVE-2022-4016

Booster for WooCommerce - Custom Role Creation/Deletion via CSRF

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: December 12, 2022 at 05:57 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC

3 products affected across 2 vendorsBooster for WooCommerceBooster Elite WoocommerceBooster Plus Woocommerce

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

PoC

Description

The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.6, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.8 does not properly check for CSRF when creating and deleting Customer roles, allowing attackers to make logged admins create and delete arbitrary custom roles via CSRF attacks

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Booster for WooCommerce · Pluggablwordpress-plugin

95%

v < 1.1.8v < 5.6.6v < 5.6.7

Affected range stops below 1.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Booster Elite Woocommerce · Booster

60%

v < 1.1.8

Affected range stops below 1.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Booster Plus Woocommerce · Booster

60%

v < 5.6.6

Affected range stops below 5.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b77044c-fd3f-4e6f-a759-dcc3082dcbd6

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED

CWE

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