Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 4.1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

2019-07-12 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.1.7

Affected PluginEmail Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress

Affected Version<= 4.1.6

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2019-14364

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Vulnerability Overview

An XSS vulnerability in the "Email Subscribers & Newsletters" plugin 4.1.6 for WordPress allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code through a publicly available subscription form using the esfpx_name wp-admin/admin-ajax.php POST parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.1.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14364 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/933d8f1a-ae6e-4c49-92bc-a0b6bd3a0598

CVSS Vector

6.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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