CVE-2018-20853 describes a vulnerability in the MailPoet Newsletters plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 2.8.2, which makes it susceptible to SPAM attacks. This issue has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack that can be launched remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to a loss of integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailpoet:mailpoet_newsletters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.