MailPoet Newsletters up to 1.0.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailPoet Newsletters up to 1.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4725. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailPoet Newsletters up to 1.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/mailp/.

The weakness was released 07/27/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4725 since 07/08/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76526 (MailPoet Newsletters for WordPress Arbitrary File Upload), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13001 (WordPress MailPoet/WYSIJA Newsletters Remote File Upload Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (33991), Tenable (76526), SecurityFocus (BID 68310†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45606†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-70467. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 76526
Nessus Name: MailPoet Newsletters for WordPress Arbitrary File Upload
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OpenVAS ID: 803449
OpenVAS Name: WordPress MailPoet Newsletters Plugin Remote File Upload Vulnerability
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D2Sec: WordPress MailPoet Newsletters File Upload

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Newsletters 1.0.1

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03/26/2015 +242 days 🔍
01/11/2025 +3579 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordpress.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4725 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4725
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70466
SecurityFocus: 68310 - WordPress MailPoet Newsletters Plugin Remote File Upload Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 45606 - WordPress MailPoet Newsletters Plugin before 2.6.7 Remote File Upload Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 01/11/2025 19:43
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (67), 01/29/2018 16:09 (7), 03/26/2022 09:48 (3), 12/15/2024 10:05 (18), 01/11/2025 19:43 (1)
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