New User Approve <= 2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1625
CVSS Critical (9.6)
Publicly Published June 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The New User Approve WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings and adding invitation codes, which could allow attackers to add invitation codes (for bypassing the provided restrictions) and to change plugin settings by tricking admin users into visiting specially crafted websites.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug new-user-approve (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.4.1
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