CVE-2022-2355 (GCVE-0-2022-2355)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-08 13:46
Modified
2025-08-27 18:39
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
The Easy Username Updater WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not implement CSRF checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change any user's username includes the admin
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/426b5a0f-c16d-429a-9396-b3aea7922826Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/426b5a0f-c16d-429a-9396-b3aea7922826Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Easy Username Updater Version: 1.0.5   < 1.0.5
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