{"id":"CVE-2019-19980","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails ","description":"The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email.","publishedAt":"2019-12-26T02:26:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T02:32:10.222Z","severity":{"score":4.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N","source":"mitre"},"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946","https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:45:43.853Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2019/19xxx/CVE-2019-19980.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2019-19980","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2019-12-26T02:26:20.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T02:32:10.222Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2019-12-26T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_0":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N","version":"3.0"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2019-12-26T02:26:20.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2019-19980","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users (Subscriber or greater access) to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wp_ajax function to send_test_email."}]},"impact":{"cvss":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N","version":"3.0"}},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946"},{"name":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email-subscribers-newsletters-plugin/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T02:32:10.222Z"}}]}}}