CVE-2022-1605
Email Users <= 4.8.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
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
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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
- Record
CVE-2022-1605- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Email Users <= 4.8.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
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
- Record
CVE-2022-1605- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-24894 No score
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
- Record
EUVD-2022-24894- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2ww2-4h6w-cc6c
The Email Users WordPress plugin through 4.8.8 does not have CSRF check in place when updating...
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
- Record
GHSA-2ww2-4h6w-cc6c- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1605 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Email Users Project Users, published June 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.