CVE-2024-6172 SQL injection in Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the Email Subscribers by Icegram Express WordPress plugin.

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-2024-6172?

CVE-2024-6172 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress, published on 2 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the db parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.25 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. CVE-2024-37252 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6172?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Icegram Email Subscribers \& Newsletters.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2024-6172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x8hp-rjr5-68q5.

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