CVE-2023-5958 (GCVE-0-2023-5958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-27 16:22 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:14
VLAI?
Title
POST SMTP Mailer < 2.7.1 - Unauthenticated Cross-site Scripting
Summary
The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 does not escape email message content before displaying it in the backend, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks against highly privileged users.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/22fa478d-e42e-48… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown POST SMTP Mailer Affected: 0 , < 2.7.1 (semver)
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Credits
Marcin Węgłowski (AFINE Team) WPScan
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