CVE-2022-2355 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Easy Username Updater Project	Easy Username Updater

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:easy_username_updater_project:easy_username_updater:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/426b5a0f-c16d-429a-9396-b3aea7922826

History

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-08-08T13:46:33.000Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T18:39:38.353Z

Reserved: 2022-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2355

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:32:09.598Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-08T14:15:08.750

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:42:00.513

Link: CVE-2022-2355

Redhat

No data.

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