Newsletter: Cross-site scripting
Newsletter is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Newsletter
- Plugin slug
newsletter- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 20, 2022
This CVE was published Jun 20, 2022 and is one of 16 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Newsletter 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
The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.6 does not escape and sanitise the preheader_text setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N