CVE-2024-8247 Newsletters <= 4.9.9.2 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate to administrator privileges if granted access to specific screen options in the Newsletters plugin.
- 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-2024-8247?
CVE-2024-8247 is a high-severity vulnerability in contrid Newsletters, published on 6 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.9.2. This is due to the plugin not restricting what user meta can be updated as screen options. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator. Please note that this only affects users with access to edit/update screen options, which means an administrator would need to grant lower privilege users with access to the Sent & Draft Emails page of the plugin in order for this to be exploited.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8247?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tribulant Newsletters.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8247?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8247 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8247 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in contrid Newsletters
- CVE-2018-20987 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2019-14788 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2025-4857 Newsletters <= 4.9.9.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion
- CVE-2023-4797 Newsletter Lite < 4.9.3 - Admin+ Command Injection
- CVE-2024-35718 WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.9.5 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5wh-7w9x-7m6j.