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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.7%, 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
- 59.68% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- mailpoet/mailpoet newsletters
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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. Refreshed daily.