WordPress plugin
MailPoet Newsletters <= 2.6.7 — Authorization Bypass
CVE-2014-4726Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.6.7Update to 2.6.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
MailPoet Newsletters (Previous) wysija-newsletters
- Affected≤ 2.6.7
- Patched in2.6.8
Update to 2.6.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.6.7. Version 2.6.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MailPoet Newsletters (Previous).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.6.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch MailPoet Newsletters (Previous) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dominic.
Unspecified vulnerability in the MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.8 for WordPress has unspecified impact and attack vectors.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in MailPoet Newsletters (Previous)
All 10| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Spam Injection ≤2.8.1Update to 2.8.2 | CVE-2018-20853 | |
| Medium6.5 | SQL Injection ≤2.7.2Update to 2.7.3 | — | |
| Medium6.5 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.7.2Update to 2.7.3 | — | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <2.7Update to 2.7 | — | |
| Medium6.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery <2.6.11Update to 2.6.11 | CVE-2014-3907 |
- Medium5.3Spam Injection
≤2.8.1Update to 2.8.2
- Medium6.5SQL Injection
≤2.7.2Update to 2.7.3
- Medium6.5Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.7.2Update to 2.7.3
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<2.7Update to 2.7
- Medium6.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
<2.6.11Update to 2.6.11
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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