FKIE_CVE-2023-4797

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-01-16 16:15 - Updated: 2025-06-11 17:15
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.9.3 does not properly escape user-controlled parameters when they are appended to SQL queries and shell commands, which could enable an administrator to run arbitrary commands on the server.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de169fc7-f388-4abb-ab94-12522fd1ac92/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de169fc7-f388-4abb-ab94-12522fd1ac92/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tribulant newsletters *
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  "id": "CVE-2023-4797",
  "lastModified": "2025-06-11T17:15:35.710",
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