CVE-2024-12618 Newsletter2Go <= 4.0.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Style Reset
Authenticated subscribers can reset plugin styles due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized data modification.
- 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-2024-12618?
CVE-2024-12618 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Newsletter2Go, published on 9 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Newsletter2Go plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'resetStyles' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset styles.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12618?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-12618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vfm9-p9ff-pcp8.