CVE-2022-0345 Better Notifications for WP < 1.8.7 - Email Address Disclosure
Authenticated users can query user email prefixes via an unprotected AJAX action, leading to email address disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0345?
CVE-2022-0345 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts, published on 28 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts WordPress plugin before 1.8.7 does not have authorisation and CSRF check in its bnfw_search_users AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users to call it and query for user e-mail prefixes (finding the first letter, then the second one, then the third one etc.).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0345?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Madewithfuel Customize Wordpress Emails and Alerts.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0345?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0345 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-0345 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0345 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jh8-cc8h-44v2.