CVE-2022-29453 (GCVE-0-2022-29453)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-15 15:16 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress API KEY for Google Maps plugin <= 1.2.1 - CSRF vulnerability leading to Google Maps API key update
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in API KEY for Google Maps plugin <= 1.2.1 at WordPress leading to Google Maps API key update.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-20 19:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/api-key-for-google-… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/api… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AyeCode Ltd | API KEY for Google Maps |
Affected:
<= 1.2.1 , ≤ 1.2.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2022-06-08 00:00
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- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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