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CVE-2022-1790: New User Email Set Up <= 0.5.2 - Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The New User Email Set Up WordPress plugin through 0.5.2 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

Affected products

• New User Email Set Up: through 0.5.2

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/176d5761-4f01-4173-a70c-6052a6a9963e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/176d5761-4f01-4173-a70c-6052a6a9963e

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