CVE-2023-1844

Subscribe2 <= 10.40 - Missing Authorization

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Jun 28, 2023
Updated: Apr 8, 2026
Reserved: Apr 4, 2023

Description

The Subscribe2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to email functionality due to a missing capability check when sending test emails in versions up to, and including, 10.40. This makes it possible for author-level attackers to send emails with arbitrary content and attachments to site users.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	Wordfence

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletterswedevs	10.40 and earlierAffected

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c34ce601-5cf9-433f-bc9d-5c705eba6b08?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe2/trunk/admin/send-email.php#L12
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930676

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