CVE-2023-4772 Newsletter <= 7.8.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via a shortcode, leading to script execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4772?
CVE-2023-4772 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in satollo Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress, published on 7 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Newsletter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'newsletter_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.8.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4772?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thenewsletterplugin Newsletter.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4772?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-4772 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4772 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in satollo Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
- CVE-2020-35933 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2024-5317 Newsletter <= 8.3.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via np1
- CVE-2023-27922 Cross-site scripting in Newsletter
- CVE-2022-1756 Newsletter < 7.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2025-3581 Newsletter < 8.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67hg-5992-87wq.