Newsletter <= 8.2.0 - IP Spoofing

2024-03-28 00:00

Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 8.2.1

Affected PluginNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress

Affected Version<= 8.2.0

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-30522

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Vulnerability Overview

The Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.0 due to insufficient IP address validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to spoof their IP address and bypass the blocklist.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 8.2.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-348 (Use of Less Trusted Source) The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30522 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/165a3c28-ea89-44bd-9de0-38d931f98de2

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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