User deletion via missing CSRF validation
Published Dec 26, 2022 · Updated Apr 14, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in Bulk Delete Users by Email 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete non-administrator users. The baw_settings_page function processes email addresses from a forged administrative request without validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open a crafted URL and knowledge of the target account's email address; deletion removes that account.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Bulk Delete Users by Email 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete non-administrator users. The baw_settings_page function processes email addresses from a forged administrative request without validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open a crafted URL and knowledge of the target account's email address; deletion removes that account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4266
- Published
- Dec 26, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Speak Digital
- Product
- Bulk Delete Users by Email
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1531
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.2
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Public exploit references
- Crafted administrative user-deletion URLproof of concept · validated
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