CVE-2023-3082 (GCVE-0-2023-3082)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-12 04:38 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:59
VLAI?
Title
Post SMTP <= 2.5.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Email
Summary
The Post SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via email contents in versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
saadiqbal Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5.7 (semver)
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Credits
Alex Thomas
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