CVE-2014-4725
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287
Authentication Issues
Publication date:
27/07/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025
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/.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.6.6 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:0.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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.html
- 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/
- 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.html
- 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/