CVE-2023-47756

Welcome Email Editor <= 5.0.5 - Missing Authorization via ajax_handler

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.0.6

Patched in

71d

Time to patch

Description

The Welcome Email Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email sending due to a missing capability check on the ajax_handler function in versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send a variety of emails.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.0.5

PublishedNovember 13, 2023

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwelcome-email-editor

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/943cd10b-1b58-4803-ba6f-291f73353422?source=api-prod

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