CVE-2018-20853 An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress.
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-20853 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-20853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2019.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20853/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20853?
CVE-2018-20853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2019.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress. The plugin is vulnerable to SPAM attacks.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20853?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mailpoet Mailpoet Newsletters.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20853?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-20853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8px-936j-jcgc.