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cveWordfenceCVE-2024-8247
HistorySep 06, 2024 - 4:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-8247

2024-09-0604:15:05
CWE-269
Wordfence
web.nvd.nist.gov
27
wordpress
newsletters plugin
privilege escalation
cve-2024-8247
vulnerability
user meta
screen options
authenticated attackers
administrator

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

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

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.0%

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.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Vulnrichment
Node
contridnewslettersRange4.9.9.2wordpress
VendorProductVersionCPE
contridnewsletters*cpe:2.3:a:contrid:newsletters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "contrid",
    "product": "Newsletters",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.9.9.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

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

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.0%

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