CVE-2022-1605 (GCVE-0-2022-1605)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-13 12:42 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:10
VLAI
Title
Email Users <= 4.8.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
Summary
The Email Users WordPress plugin through 4.8.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and change the notification settings of arbitrary users
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Email Users Affected: 4.8.8 , ≤ 4.8.8 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf
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