Sensitive Information in LogsWeakness · CWE-532

CVE-2024-32953

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-24
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in Newsletters.This issue affects Newsletters: from n/a through 4.9.5.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability where the Newsletters plugin (versions up to 4.9.5) writes sensitive data to log files. This could expose user credentials, session tokens, email addresses, or other PII that gets processed by the newsletter functionality and inadvertently logged.

MitigationIdentify all logging statements in the Newsletters plugin and remove or redact any sensitive fields (credentials, tokens, email addresses, PII) from being written to log files. Sanitize log output or implement conditional logging that excludes sensitive data.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the Newsletters plugin version
    Locate the Newsletters plugin in your CMS/plugin directory and read its version metadata (typically in a version.php, plugin.json, or main plugin header comment)
    Affected if The installed version is 4.9.5 or any earlier version
  2. Confirm plugin is active and processing data
    Check if the Newsletters plugin is enabled and configured to handle newsletter signups, subscriber data, or email campaigns in your environment
    Affected if The plugin is actively processing subscriber information, credentials, or session data through its functionality
  3. Determine if application logging is enabled
    Review your CMS or web server configuration for logging settings (such as debug mode, application logging, or plugin-specific logging flags)
    Affected if Logging is turned on at the application or plugin level, causing events to be written to log files
  4. Inspect log files for sensitive data
    Examine your configured log directories for files containing Newsletters plugin entries. Search for patterns that may reveal credentials, tokens, email addresses, or other PII being written to logs
    Affected if Log files contain unredacted sensitive information such as user passwords, session tokens, email addresses, or personal data processed by the newsletter functionality

You are affected if the Newsletters plugin version is 4.9.5 or earlier, logging is enabled, and your log files contain unredacted sensitive data processed by the newsletter system.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Identify all logging statements in the Newsletters plugin and remove or redact any sensitive fields (credentials, tokens, email addresses, PII) from being written to log files. Sanitize log output or implement conditional logging that excludes sensitive data.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,980
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  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data