SB2023100492 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Email posts to subscribers plugin for WordPress
Published: October 4, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41736)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41735)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
3) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46818)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/email-posts-to-subscribers/wordpress-email-posts-to-subscribers-plugin-6-2-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/email-posts-to-subscribers/wordpress-email-posts-to-subscribers-plugin-6-2-sensitive-data-exposure
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/email-posts-to-subscribers/wordpress-email-posts-to-subscribers-plugin-6-2-sql-injection