CVE-2024-8771 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8771: Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce <= 5.7.34 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

Vendor Icegram
Product Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published September 26, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'preview_email_template_design' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.34. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the content of private, password protected, pending, and draft posts and pages.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Email Subscribers & Newsletters plugin for WordPress does not properly check user permissions before allowing access to certain functions. A logged-in user with low privileges can read sensitive information they should not have access to. The vulnerability affects versions up to 5.7.34. Update the plugin to a version newer than 5.7.34.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data they should not have access to as a low-privilege user.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized users can access private subscriber lists, email data, or other protected plugin information.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 26, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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