CVE-2024-6172: The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerc
CVE-2024-6172 is a critical-severity flaw (CVSS 9.8) affecting email subscribers \& newsletters. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.
The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the db parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.25 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries
Why this priority
- Critical severity
- Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action
A fixed release or distro patch exists.
Risk facts
| CVSS score | 9.8 (Critical) |
| Attack vector | Network (remote) |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges needed | None |
| User interaction | None |
| EPSS exploit chance | 1.1% (top 33%) |
| CISA exploited list | No |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| Published | 2024-07-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score
Am I affected?
Timeline
- Published CVE record published
- Updated Record last modified
Scores and fixes here are computed automatically from those and other public sources. Confirm with the vendor advisory before changing production systems.
Quick answers
How do I fix CVE-2024-6172?
email subscribers \& newsletters: upgrade to 5.7.26. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.
Is CVE-2024-6172 being exploited?
CVE-2024-6172 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.
What does CVE-2024-6172 affect?
CVE-2024-6172 affects email subscribers \& newsletters. Severity is critical (CVSS 9.8). The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the db parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.25
How urgent is CVE-2024-6172?
Priority 56/100. Critical severity; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action
Software pages
WordPress vulnerabilities · WooCommerce vulnerabilities
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