Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Interspire Email Marketer through version 6.1.6 is reported to allow SQL injection through a tag-name duplicate-check request. In business terms, an exposed vulnerable deployment could let an attacker interfere with or extract database-backed marketing data. The public sources do not provide a CVSS score, confirmed exploit activity, or a vendor fix.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted legacy-application risk. Prioritize if Interspire Email Marketer is internet-facing or contains customer, campaign, or credential data. Urgency is hard to quantify because severity, exploit status, and fixes are not documented in the provided sources.
Technical view
CVE-2018-19551 describes SQL injection in Interspire Email Marketer through 6.1.6 via the checkduplicatetags tagname request handled by Dynamiccontenttags.php. The source bundle does not state authentication requirements, exact attack preconditions, impacted database privileges, CWE, CVSS, or patched versions.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely limited to organizations still running Interspire Email Marketer 6.1.6 or earlier. Risk depends on whether the affected Dynamiccontenttags.php functionality is reachable from untrusted users, which the provided sources do not clarify.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the source bundle, and no cited source confirms active exploitation. Public disclosure exists, but the bundle does not establish exploit maturity, authentication requirements, or real-world targeting.
Researcher notes
Key missing facts are authentication state, vulnerable code path reachability, database impact, affected CPEs, and fixed release information. Analysis should stay tied to Interspire Email Marketer through 6.1.6 and the Dynamiccontenttags.php checkduplicatetags tagname vector.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Interspire Email Marketer deployments and confirm versions.
- Check vendor or maintainer guidance for a fixed version or patch.
- Restrict access to the affected application until remediation is confirmed.
- Review database and application backups before making changes.
- Monitor for suspicious Dynamiccontenttags.php requests involving tagname checks.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any deployment runs Interspire Email Marketer 6.1.6 or earlier.
- Determine whether Dynamiccontenttags.php is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review web logs for checkduplicatetags and tagname activity.
- Verify whether vendor remediation or compensating controls are applied.
- Use approved, non-destructive testing to validate SQL injection exposure.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://medium.com/%40buiquang266/some-vulnerabilities-in-interspire-email-marketer-caa7bc861d14CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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