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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-4725

mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters Improper Authentication

Published Dec 5, 2022 · catalog updated Dec 5, 2022 · mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters Improper Authentication

Patch now

CVE-2014-4725 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters Improper Authentication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters Improper Authentication).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
60.66%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters

The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/mailp/. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor mailpoet mailpoet_newslettersversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-4725

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-4725 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm mailpoet mailpoet_newsletters Improper Authentication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 60.66%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 5, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/mailp/. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Dec 5, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-4725

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-4725

    30-day exploitation probability 60.7%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-4725

    The MailPoet Newsletters (wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.6.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted theme using wp-admin/admin-post.php and accessing the theme in wp-content/uploads/wysija/themes/m

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.