PT-2023-17276 · WordPress · Subscribe2

Marco Wotschka · CVE-2023-1844 · Published 2023-06-28 · Updated 2023-07-05

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Subscribe2 plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 10.40

Description The issue allows for unauthorized access to email functionality due to a missing capability check when sending test emails. This enables author-level attackers to send emails with arbitrary content and attachments to site users.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 10.40, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check to prevent unauthorized access to email functionality.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1844

Affected Products

Subscribe2

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1844 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe2/trunk/admin/send-email.php#L12 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1844 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930676 · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/53193 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/65595 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c34ce601-5cf9-433f-bc9d-5c705eba6b08?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/53216 · Telegram Post