HIGH
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/
Published Jul 27, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 60.66%
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/.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.6.6
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.6
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.9.5
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.9
- 2.5.9.1
- 2.5.9.2
- 2.5.9.3
- 2.5.9.4
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
60.66% 0.60656
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.60656
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 60.66% (0.60656) | 99.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 59.68% (0.59682) | 99.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 81.79% (0.81793) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 80.30% (0.80303) | 99.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 38.52% (0.38519) | 96.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 48.63% (0.48630) | 97.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 56.22% (0.56223) | 97.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 55.04% (0.55043) | 97.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 20.02% (0.20022) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 22.89% (0.22887) | 96.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 28.76% (0.28756) | 97.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 29.59% (0.29592) | 96.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 31.44% (0.31441) | 96.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 38.76% (0.38758) | 96.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 3, 2023 | 46.53% (0.46527) | 96.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 52.73% (0.52732) | 96.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.60% (0.08595) | 93.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 8, 2023 | 8.60% (0.08595) | 93.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.26% (0.09257) | 93.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.26% (0.09257) | 87.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mass-exploit-of-wordpress-plugin-backdoors-sites-running-joomla-magento-too/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/mailpoet-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-breaking-thousands-of-wordpress-sites.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/remote-file-upload-vulnerability-on-mailpoet-wysija-newsletters.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 27, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 8, 2014
Link CVE-2014-4725
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a