Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-3721WP-EMail < 2.69.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP-EMail from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3f90347a-6586-4648-9f2c-d4f321bf801a exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description