CVE-2017-6955
WordPress Invite Anyone Plugin Unpatched Email Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 17, 2017, 9:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 9, 2021, 12:41 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-6955
.
URL | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96965 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://github.com/boonebgorges/invite-anyone/compare/2ed5266ad3ae40f8db39adf06f450bbad56e2eac...boonebgorges:6121de08df86c5005b657dd67e48aa02c7982855 | Third Party Advisory |
https://wordpress.org/plugins/invite-anyone/changelog/ | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2017-6955
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 09, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96965 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96965 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:teleogistic:invite_anyone_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.13 OR *cpe:2.3:a:teleogistic:invite_anyone:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.13 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 22, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96965 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/invite-anyone/changelog/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/invite-anyone/changelog/ Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/boonebgorges/invite-anyone/compare/2ed5266ad3ae40f8db39adf06f450bbad56e2eac...boonebgorges:6121de08df86c5005b657dd67e48aa02c7982855 No Types Assigned https://github.com/boonebgorges/invite-anyone/compare/2ed5266ad3ae40f8db39adf06f450bbad56e2eac...boonebgorges:6121de08df86c5005b657dd67e48aa02c7982855 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:teleogistic:invite_anyone_plugin:1.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6955
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-6955
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.17 }} 0.00%
score
0.52034
percentile