The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.9.2. This is due to the plugin not restricting what user meta can be updated as screen options. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator. Please note that this only affects users with access to edit/update screen options, which means an administrator would need to grant lower privilege users with access to the Sent & Draft Emails page of the plugin in order for this to be exploited.
CVE-2024-8247 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Newsletters. It affects Versions up to 4.9.9.2 and is fixed in 4.9.9.3.
CVE-2024-8247 is tracked for the Plugin Newsletters as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 4.9.9.2. Update Newsletters to 4.9.9.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
newsletters-lite
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-8247 |
| Patched Versions |
4.9.9.3
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 4.9.9.2
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Newsletters <= 4.6.8.5 - Object Injection
Newsletters <= 4.9.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload
Newsletters <= 4.6.18 - Directory Traversal
Newsletters <= 4.11 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Newsletters <= 4.10 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Newsletters <= 4.9.9.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion
Newsletters <= 4.9.9.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Newsletter Lite <= 4.9.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection
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