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    CVE-2014-4725

    The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/mailp/.

    Published:Jul 27, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jul 27, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.38519
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mailpoet
    Product
    Mailpoet Newsletters

    Exploits

    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.htmlhttp://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33991https://github.com/AnotherSec/CVE-2014-4725https://github.com/Pwdnx1337/CVE-2014-4725

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

    References

    http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.html
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/
    http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.html
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html
    http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High