Description
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/.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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.htmlExploit
- 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/Patch
- 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.htmlExploit
- 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/Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 27, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified