Email posts to subscribers <= 6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

2023-09-05 00:00

Rafshanzani Suhada

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginEmail posts to subscribers

Affected Version<= 6.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-41735

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Vulnerability Overview

The Email posts to subscribers for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the elp_plugin_parse_request() function in versions up to, and including 6.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke additional functions and export the email addresses of subscribers.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41735 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7730d670-d270-4755-bc9a-550498a28edb

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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