CVE-2024-8247

Sept. 26, 2024, 9:49 p.m.

8.8
High

Description

The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.9.2. This is due to the plugin not restricting what user meta can be updated as screen options. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator. Please note that this only affects users with access to edit/update screen options, which means an administrator would need to grant lower privilege users with access to the Sent & Draft Emails page of the plugin in order for this to be exploited.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Tribulant
  • Newsletters
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a tribulant newsletters / / / / / wordpress / /

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.9.9.1/wp-mailinglist.php#L3279
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3146287%40newsletters-lite&new=3146287%40newsletters-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2577102f-6355-4483-bd3d-1948497cb843?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-269
NVD-CWE-noinfo
2024-09-06
CVE-2024-8247

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 6, 2024, 4:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 26, 2024, 9:49 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.