CVE-2019-19982 — The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed for unauthenticated option creation. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a /wp-admin/admin-post.php?es_skip=1&option_name= request.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed for unauthenticated option creation. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a /wp-admin/admin-post.php?es_skip=1&option_name= request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-12-26T02:25:44.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.166Z

09References

• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9946
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-email…