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CVE-2020-5768· NVD / CVE Program· CNA tenable

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin for W

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin for WordPress v4.4.8 allows a remote, authenticated attacker to determine the value of database fields.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Jul 17, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.0% · 80th percentile
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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
icegramemail subscribers \& newsletters

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • icegram email subscribers & newsletters4.4.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (tenable). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin for WordPress

    • 4.4.8affected

Same product

icegram: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-20361There was a flaw in the WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters before 4.3.1, that allowed SQL statements to be passed to the data
    65This week
  • CVE-2024-4295Email Subscribers by Icegram Express <= 5.7.20 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via hash
    42Plan
  • CVE-2019-19985The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed unauthenticated file download with user informat
    42Plan
  • CVE-2019-13569A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters plugin through 4.1.7 for WordPress.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-6172Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce <= 5.7.25 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via unsubs
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-31352WordPress Icegram Express plugin <= 5.7.13 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

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