CVE-2022-0345

Better Notifications for WP < 1.8.7 - Email Address Disclosure

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2022 at 09:06 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCustomize WordPress Emails and Alerts

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.8.7
Affected range stops below 1.8.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b3b523b9-6c92-4091-837a-d34e3174eb19

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352CWE-862

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