WP HTML Mail <= 3.0.9 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route

8.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-0218
CVSS 8.3 (High)
Publicly Published January 19, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.

Wordfence blocked 449 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-html-mail (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.9
Patched Version
  • 3.1

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