Email Subscribers / Newsletters up to 4.2.2 on WordPress Administrative Dashboard wp_ajax privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Email Subscribers and Newsletters up to 4.2.2 on WordPress. This affects the function wp_ajax of the component Administrative Dashboard. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-19980. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 VDB-147720, VDB-147718 and VDB-147717. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Email Subscribers / Newsletters 4.2.3

Timelineinfo

12/26/2019 🔍
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03/17/2024 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpvulndb.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-19980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-19980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147716
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/26/2019 18:49
Updated: 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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Cache ID: 216::103

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