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GHSA-8XMG-V9FM-XCGV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-12 12:30 – Updated: 2024-06-12 12:30

Details

The Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized subscribers management due to PHP type juggling issue on the check_api_key function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list, create or delete newsletter subscribers. This issue affects only sites running the PHP version below 8.0

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2024-5674 (GCVE-0-2024-5674)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 11:05 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31

Title

Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter <= 2.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Email Subscribers Management

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://www.thenewsletterplugin.com/documentation…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
The Newsletter Team	Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.5 (semver)

Credits

Arkadiusz Hydzik

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8XMG-V9FM-XCGV

CVE-2024-5674 (GCVE-0-2024-5674)

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