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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts vulnerabilities
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 28 Feb 2022.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Latest version
- 1.9.9.2
- Last updated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Most recent
- 28 Feb 2022
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2022-0345 | Medium 4.3 | Before 1.8.7 | Fixed in 1.8.7 | 28 Feb 2022 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2022-0345, 28 Feb 2022
- 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.). CVE record
What to do if you run Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts
If you run Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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