CVE-2024-5674 Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter <= 2.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Email Subscribers Management
Unauthenticated attackers can list, create, or delete newsletter subscribers due to a PHP type juggling flaw in the API addon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5674?
CVE-2024-5674 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The Newsletter Team Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized subscribers management due to PHP type juggling issue on the check_api_key function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list, create or delete newsletter subscribers. This issue affects only sites running the PHP version below 8.0
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5674?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Newsletter Newsletter.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5674?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5674 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-2024-5674 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5674 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xmg-v9fm-xcgv.