CVE-2013-1408

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Wysija Newsletters plugin before 2.2.1 for WordPress allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) search or (2) orderby parameter to wp-admin/admin.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

Affected products

Wysija Newsletters Project Wysija Newsletters: through 2.2; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+15)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-02/0030.html
http://osvdb.org/89924
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120089/WordPress-Wysija-Newsletters-2.2-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81932
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23140
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-02/0030.html
http://osvdb.org/89924
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120089/WordPress-Wysija-Newsletters-2.2-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81932
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23140

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