What is CVE-2022-33974?

CVE-2022-33974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget), classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-33974?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-33974 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget)

CVE-2022-33974

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) plugin <= 1.8.4 versions.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/custom-twitter-feeds/wordpress-custom-twi… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33974?: CVE-2022-33974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget), classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-33974?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-33974 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.