Vulnerability CVE-2019-19980


Published: 2019-12-26

Description:
The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Icegram -> Email subscribers \& newsletters 

 References:
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/

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