CVE-2012-2724

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Simplenews module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4, 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.0-alpha4, and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0-rc1 for Drupal reveals the email addresses of new mailing list subscribers when confirmation is required, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the confirmation page.

Affected products

Simplenews: 6.x-1.0, 6.x-1.0-beta1, 6.x-1.0-beta2, 6.x-1.0-beta3, 6.x-1.0-beta4, 6.x-1.0-beta5 (+18)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1619812
http://drupal.org/node/1619818
http://drupal.org/node/1619820
http://drupal.org/node/1619848
http://drupalcode.org/project/simplenews.git/commitdiff/36352c1
http://drupalcode.org/project/simplenews.git/commitdiff/6d5704c
http://drupalcode.org/project/simplenews.git/commitdiff/faec6a6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53839
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76143
http://drupal.org/node/1619812
http://drupal.org/node/1619818

Get alerted when CVE-2012-2724 or the next vulnerability affects your stack