# CVE-2019-19980: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can send test emails as administrators due to missing authorization checks in the Email Subscribers plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q882-qq73-79f8

## What is CVE-2019-19980?

CVE-2019-19980 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19980?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Icegram Email Subscribers \& Newsletters.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-6172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6172/): SQL injection in Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4295/): Email Subscribers by Icegram Express <= 5.7.20 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via hash (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13569/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3981/): Icegram Express < 5.5.1 - Subscriber+ SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-0439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0439/): Email Subscribers & Newsletters < 5.3.2 - Subscriber+ Blind SQL injection (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19980 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19980 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-2019-19980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19980/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19980

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19980/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.