Email Subscribers / Newsletters up to 4.2.2 on WordPress Administrative Dashboard wp_ajax privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Email Subscribers and Newsletters up to 4.2.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function wp_ajax
of the component Administrative Dashboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email.
The weakness was released 12/26/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-19980 since 12/26/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
Upgrading to version 4.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 147720, 147718 and 147717.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Email Subscribers / Newsletters 4.2.3
Timeline
12/26/2019 🔍12/26/2019 🔍
12/26/2019 🔍
03/17/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: wpvulndb.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-19980 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 12/26/2019 18:49Updated: 03/17/2024 07:55
Changes: 12/26/2019 18:49 (39), 12/26/2019 18:54 (12), 03/17/2024 07:50 (3), 03/17/2024 07:55 (19)
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