Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-2351Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log 2.1.4 – before 2.1.4

Weakness: CWE-79

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