CVE-2022-40219 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SedLex FavIcon Switcher plugin <= 1.2.11 at WordPress allows plugin settings change.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sedlex	Favicon-switcher

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sedlex:favicon-switcher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/favicon-switcher/wordpress-favicon-switcher-plugin-1-2-11-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/favicon-switcher/

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-21T19:00:57.997Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:48.001Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40219

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T19:15:13.147

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:18:46.067

Link: CVE-2022-40219

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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