Newsletter Lite <= 4.9.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection

6.6
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVE CVE-2023-4797
CVSS 6.6 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 5, 2023
Last Updated February 7, 2024
Researcher Karolis Narvilas

Description

The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Command Injection in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.2 via the emailarchive_olderthan parameter. This is due to insuffcient validation on user supplied input being passed to eval. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

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Vulnerability Details for Newsletters

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug newsletters-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.9.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.9.2
Patched Version
  • 4.9.3

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