Tribulant Newsletters Plugin up to 4.6.18 on WordPress admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_exportmultiple subscribers[1][1] path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Tribulant Newsletters Plugin up to 4.6.18 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_exportmultiple. The manipulation of the argument subscribers[1][1] leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-14788. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Tribulant Newsletters Plugin up to 4.6.18 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_exportmultiple. The manipulation of the argument subscribers[1][1] with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_exportmultiple in the Tribulant Newsletters plugin before 4.6.19 for WordPress allows directory traversal with resultant remote PHP code execution via the subscribers[1][1] parameter in conjunction with an exportfile=../ value.

The weakness was published 08/15/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-14788 since 08/09/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.6.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Tribulant

Name

• Newsletters Plugin

Version

• 4.6.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.6.2
• 4.6.3
• 4.6.4
• 4.6.5
• 4.6.6
• 4.6.7
• 4.6.8
• 4.6.9
• 4.6.10
• 4.6.11
• 4.6.12
• 4.6.13
• 4.6.14
• 4.6.15
• 4.6.16
• 4.6.17
• 4.6.18

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