CVE-2024-5674 (GCVE-0-2024-5674)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 11:05 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31
VLAI
Title
Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter <= 2.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Email Subscribers Management
Summary
The Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized subscribers management due to PHP type juggling issue on the check_api_key function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list, create or delete newsletter subscribers. This issue affects only sites running the PHP version below 8.0
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Newsletter Team | Newsletter - API v1 and v2 addon for Newsletter |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.4.5
(semver)
|
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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