Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-1430FluentCRM - Marketing Automation For WordPress <= 2.8.01 - Insufficient Use of Hash as Authorization Control
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution from techjewel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| techjewel | FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution | 0 – through 2.8.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-759 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de6da87e-8f7d-4120-8a1b-390ef7733d84?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2899218/fluent-crm/tags/2.8.0/app/Hooks/Handlers/ExternalPages.php?old=2873074&old_path=fluent-crm%2Ftags%2F2.7.40%2Fapp%2FHooks%2FHandlers%2FExternalPages.php
- https://github.com/karlemilnikka/CVE-2023-1430
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2924787%40fluent-crm&new=2924787%40fluent-crm&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=