CVE-2022-4016: Booster for WooCommerce - Custom Role Creation/Deletion via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

pluggabl Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools: before 1.1.8; before 5.6.6; before 5.6.7 — fixed in 1.1.8, 5.6.6, 5.6.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pluggabl Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools 1.1.8, 5.6.6, 5.6.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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