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5.3med

CVE-2017-6955

An issue was discovered in by-email/by-email.php in the Invite Anyone plugin before 1.3.15 for WordPress.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in by-email/by-email.php in the Invite Anyone plugin before 1.3.15 for WordPress. A user is able to change the subject and the body of the invitation mail that should be immutable, which facilitates a social engineering attack.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.79% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.15.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/96965 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • wordpress.org /plugins/invite-anyone/changelog/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /boonebgorges/invite-anyone/compare/2ed5266ad3ae40f8db39adf06f450bbad56e2eac...boonebgorge · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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