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CVE-2022-40131: 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.

medium Affects page-views-count (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.2, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

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.

Package
page-views-count (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.5.5
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (19.7th percentile)
Published
2022-11-03
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordpage-views-count (WordPress plugin) advisories

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