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 0.00088.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SedLex

FavIcon Switcher (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.2.11`	affected	≤ 1.2.11

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Sedlex Subscribe	Favicon-switcher Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43517	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SedLex FavIcon Switcher plugin <= 1.2.11 at WordPress allows plugin settings change.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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'}`

Projects

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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

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.952Z

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2022-40219

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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