CVE-2023-1844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Subscribe2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to email functionality due to a missing capability check when sending test emails in versions up to, and including, 10.40. This makes it possible for author-level attackers to send emails with arbitrary content and attachments to site users.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00086.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Subscribe2 Project	Subscribe2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:subscribe2_project:subscribe2:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe2/trunk/admin/send-email.php#L12
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930676
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c34ce601-5cf9-433f-bc9d-5c705eba6b08?source=cve

History

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-28T02:34:23.370Z

Updated: 2024-11-06T18:51:40.478Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T21:01:11.671Z

Link: CVE-2023-1844

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.698Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-28T03:15:09.140

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:40:00.393

Link: CVE-2023-1844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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