CVE-2022-40686: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Creative Mail plugin <= 1.5.4 on WordPress.

medium Affects creative-mail (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-11-18; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Creative Mail plugin <= 1.5.4 on WordPress.

Package: creative-mail (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <1.6.0
Fixed in: 1.6.0
Severity: medium CVSS 5.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (21.9th percentile)
Published: 2022-11-18
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352

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