Vulnerability · Published Jul 12, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-3158Mail Control <= 0.2.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Email Subject
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in Mail Control – Email Customizer, SMTP Deliverability, logging, open and click Tracking from rahalaboulfeth. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Mail Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject in versions up to, and including, 0.2.8 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rahalaboulfeth | Mail Control – Email Customizer, SMTP Deliverability, logging, open and click Tracking | 0 – through 0.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77537eb8-1c84-4702-aba1-727b0de1c3e1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mail-control/trunk/includes/admin.php#L42
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2943913%40mail-control&new=2943913%40mail-control&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=