WordPress Plugin 'Email Subscribers & Newsletters' Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139873

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Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'Email Subscribers & Newsletters' plugin that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the send_test_email component. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page, to send forged emails. (CVE-2020-5767)

 - A blind SQL injection vulnerability exists in the es_newsletters_settings_callback component due to improper sanitization of user supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue via a specially crafted request to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2020-5768)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the 'Email Subscribers & Newsletters' plugin to version 4.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10321

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10322

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139873

File Name: wordpress_plugin_email_subscribers_multiple_vulns.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/27/2020

Updated: 1/4/2021

Dependencies: wordpress_plugin_detect.nbin

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5767

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5767, CVE-2020-5768