MailPoet Newsletters Plugin up to 2.8.1 on WordPress Spam privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MailPoet Newsletters Plugin up to 2.8.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management (Spam). This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-20853. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailPoet Newsletters Plugin up to 2.8.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (Spam). CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 11/06/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-20853 since 07/18/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Spam
Class: Privileges management / Spam
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MailPoet Newsletters Plugin 2.8.2

Timelineinfo

07/18/2019 🔍
11/06/2019 +111 days 🔍
11/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
11/07/2019 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordpress.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145113

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2019 09:39
Updated: 11/07/2019 09:44
Changes: 11/07/2019 09:39 (39), 11/07/2019 09:44 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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