CVE-2023-4797: newsletters vulnerability

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.
CVE-2023-4797CVSS 7.2CMS

CVE-2023-4797: newsletters vulnerability

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.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH
EPSS
57.98%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
newsletters

What is known

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.

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