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CVE-2019-11843: automattic mailpoet Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 02-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11843 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in automattic mailpoet. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.2% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.23.2.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The MailPoet plugin before 3.23.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML using extra parameters in the URL (Reflective Server-Side XSS).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.80% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Automattic1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • mailpoet< 3.23.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links