WordPress plugin
Invite Anyone < 1.3.16 — Email Injection
CVE-2017-18543Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.3.16Update to 1.3.16 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Invite Anyone invite-anyone
- Affected< 1.3.16
- Patched in1.3.16
Update to 1.3.16 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.3.16. Version 1.3.16 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Invite Anyone.
- 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 1.3.16, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Invite Anyone to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Invite Anyone plugin before 1.3.16 for WordPress has incorrect access control for email-based invitations.
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 Invite Anyone
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.4.7Update to 1.4.8 | CVE-2024-43327 | |
| Critical9.8 | PHP Object Injection ≤1.3.18Update to 1.3.19 | — | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery <1.3.16Update to 1.3.16 | CVE-2017-18544 | |
| High7.5 | Improper Input Validation ≤1.3.15Update to 1.3.16 | CVE-2017-18545 | |
| Medium5.3 | Change of Email Invitation Content <1.3.15Update to 1.3.15 | CVE-2017-6955 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.4.7Update to 1.4.8
- Critical9.8PHP Object Injection
≤1.3.18Update to 1.3.19
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
<1.3.16Update to 1.3.16
- High7.5Improper Input Validation
≤1.3.15Update to 1.3.16
- Medium5.3Change of Email Invitation Content
<1.3.15Update to 1.3.15
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
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.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.