MailPoet Newsletters <= 2.6.6 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2014-4725
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published August 1, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Sucuri Research Team
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/.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wysija-newsletters (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.6
Patched Version
  • 2.6.7
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