Email-log deletion via nonce-free admin request
Published Jun 20, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in WP-EMail before 2.69.0 allows remote attackers to delete email logs through a logged-in administrator. The email-manager.php log-deletion handler accepts a POST containing delete_logs_yes=yes without verifying a WordPress nonce. The attacker needs an authenticated administrator to load attacker-controlled content, after which the forged request purges the plugin's email logs.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in WP-EMail before 2.69.0 allows remote attackers to delete email logs through a logged-in administrator. The email-manager.php log-deletion handler accepts a POST containing delete_logs_yes=yes without verifying a WordPress nonce. The attacker needs an authenticated administrator to load attacker-controlled content, after which the forged request purges the plugin's email logs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1630
- Published
- Jun 20, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Lester Chan
- Product
- WP-EMail
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 20, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.69.0 <2.69.0
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What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- WPScan CSRF log-deletion proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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