FluentCRM - Marketing Automation For WordPress <= 2.8.01 - Insufficient Use of Hash as Authorization Control

Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt
CVE CVE-2023-1430
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published June 1, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Karl Emil Nikka
Description

The FluentCRM - Marketing Automation For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data in versions up to, and including, 2.8.01 due to the use of an MD5 hash without a salt to control subscriptions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to unsubscribe users from lists and manage subscriptions, granted they gain access to any targeted subscribers email address.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug fluent-crm (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.0.1
Patched Version
  • 2.8.02
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