Welcome Email Editor <= 5.0.5 - Missing Authorization via ajax_handler

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-47756
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published November 13, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The Welcome Email Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email sending due to a missing capability check on the ajax_handler function in versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send a variety of emails.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug welcome-email-editor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.5
Patched Version
  • 5.0.6
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