Email Subscribers & Newsletters: SQL injection
Email Subscribers & Newsletters is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Email Subscribers & Newsletters
- Plugin slug
email-subscribers-&-newsletters- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 08, 2020
This CVE was published Jan 08, 2020 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Email Subscribers & Newsletters to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
There was a flaw in the WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters before 4.3.1, that allowed SQL statements to be passed to the database in the hash parameter (a blind SQL injection vulnerability).
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H