Vulnerability in Mailpoet Newsletters

CVE-2018-20853

An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress. The plugin is vulnerable to SPAM attacks.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-20853: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20853?
CVE-2018-20853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mailpoet Newsletters. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-20853?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20853 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.