CVE-2023-4797

Newsletter Lite < 4.9.3 - Admin+ Command Injection

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Published Jan 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.9.3 does not properly escape user-controlled parameters when they are appended to SQL queries and shell commands, which could enable an administrator to run arbitrary commands on the server.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Newsletters

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.9.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tribulant:newsletters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54641	The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.9.3 does not properly escape user-controlled parameters when they are appended to SQL queries and shell commands, which could enable an administrator to run arbitrary commands on the server.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.200% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de169fc7-f388-4abb-ab94-12522fd1ac92/

History

Oct 22, 2024 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tribulant Newsletters

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 11, 2025, 4:43 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 3:56 PM
Updated: Jun 11, 2025, 4:43 PM
Reserved: Sep 6, 2023, 2:24 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

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