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CVE-2022-40131: WordPress Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in a3rev Software Page View Count plugin <= 2.5.5 on WordPress allows an attacker to reset the plugin settings.

Affected products

• Page View Count: through 2.5.5

References

• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/page-views-count/wordpress-page-view-count-plugin-2-5-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-views-count/#developers
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/page-views-count/wordpress-page-view-count-plugin-2-5-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-views-count/#developers

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