Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 4.2.2 - Missing Authorization

2019-11-13 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.2.3

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

Affected Version<= 4.2.2

CVSS6.3Medium

CVECVE-2019-19984

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Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed users with edit_post capabilities to manage plugin settings and email campaigns.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.2.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19984 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49008e63-d369-49b8-9dd7-3dff6dbea17c

CVSS Vector

6.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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