CVE-2014-4725
The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/mailp/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 60.66% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 July 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- mailpoet/mailpoet newsletters
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 60.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.htmlExploit
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/Patch
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.htmlExploit
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.