Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 4.5.5 - Unauthenticated Email Forgery

2020-09-09 00:00

Alex Peña

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.5.6

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

Affected Version< 4.5.6

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2020-5780

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Vulnerability Overview

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin for WordPress prior to version 4.5.6 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to conduct unauthenticated email forgery/spoofing.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.5.6, or a newer patched version --- 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-2020-5780 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/715dc265-253e-4409-b57d-474d3740adbe

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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