MailPoet Newsletters <= 2.8.1 - Spam Injection

2018-03-14 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.8.2

Affected PluginMailPoet Newsletters (Previous)

Affected Version<= 2.8.1

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2018-20853

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Vulnerability Overview

An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress. The plugin is vulnerable to SPAM attacks.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.8.2, 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-2018-20853 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/464a41f6-5569-4306-be99-566e2354c73b

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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