CVE-2022-1603
Published: 20 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1603 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Webfwd Mail Subscribe List. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-24892
Vulnerability details
The Mail Subscribe List WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not have CSRF check in place when deleting subscribed users, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action and delete arbitrary users from the subscribed list
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.