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5.3

Simplenews for Drupal exposes new subscriber emails

CVE-2012-2724 · published 6 years ago
Summary

The Simplenews add‑on for Drupal versions 6 and 7 shows the email address of anyone who signs up for a mailing list on the confirmation page. This lets anyone who can view that page see personal contact information. Update Simplenews to the latest release or apply the vendor’s patch to stop the email addresses from being displayed.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
md-systems simplenews 6.x-1.0
6.x-1.1
6.x-1.2
6.x-1.3
6.x-2.0
6.x-2.x
7.x-1.0
cpe:2.3:a:md-systems:simplenews:6.x-1.0:-:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
Original advisory text
The Simplenews module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4, 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.0-alpha4, and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0-rc1 for Drupal reveals the email addresses of new mailing list subscribers when confirmation ...
The Simplenews module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4, 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.0-alpha4, and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0-rc1 for Drupal reveals the email addresses of new mailing list subscribers when confirmation is required, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the confirmation page.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal 60 days
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
5.3 Medium
Exploitation
2% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-200Information Exposure
Timeline
Published9 Jan 2020
Updated29 Oct 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2012-2724 · NVD
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