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.
History

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tribulant
Tribulant newsletters
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tribulant:newsletters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tribulant
Tribulant newsletters
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Newsletters <= 4.9.9.2 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-09-06T03:30:40.728Z

Updated: 2024-09-06T13:37:42.412Z

Reserved: 2024-08-27T22:39:07.593Z

Link: CVE-2024-8247

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-06T13:36:53.025Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-09-06T04:15:05.573

Modified: 2024-09-06T12:08:04.550

Link: CVE-2024-8247

cve-icon Redhat

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