Icegram Express <= 5.6.23 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Icegram Express plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 5.6.23 via the show_es_logs function. This allows administrator-level attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information including those belonging to other sites, for example in shared hosting environments.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01345 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icegram | Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress | up to 5.6.23 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress Vendoricegram Affected up to 5.6.23 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5414
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wx55-4qhm-8qw2
References
Patch 2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/trunk/lite/includes/classes/class-email-subscribers-logs.php?rev=2919465#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977318%40email-subscribers%2Ftrunk&old=2972043%40email-subscribers%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
More Icegram Express vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-00565 Email Subscribers < 5.7.50 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Template CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-11063 Email Subscribers < 5.7.52 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
- TI-2024-05345 SQL injection in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22614 WordPress Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin <= 5.5.2 is vulnerable to CSV Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04508 Icegram Express <= 5.7.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection Vulnerability via options[list_id] CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-14434 WordPress Icegram Engage plugin <= 3.1.21 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-5414 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5414 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wx55-4qhm-8qw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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