# CVE-2022-4267: Bulk Delete Users by Email <= 1.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Bulk Delete Users by Email plugin, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8474-5px4-qjvg

## What is CVE-2022-4267?

CVE-2022-4267 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Bulk Delete Users by Email, published on 26 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Bulk Delete Users by Email WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4267?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Speakdigital Bulk Delete Users by Email.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4267 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4267 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Bulk Delete Users by Email

- [CVE-2022-4266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4266/): Bulk Delete Users by Email <= 1.2 - User Deletion via CSRF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4267 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4267 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Bulk Delete Users by Email, published on 26 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4267 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Bulk Delete Users by Email. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4267/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4267/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4267
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4267
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4267

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4267/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.