Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging < 2.0.13 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to 2.0.13 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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NTechnical Details
What Changed in the Fix
Changes introduced in v2.0.13
Source Code
WordPress.org SVNsubject` or `message` column rendering. * **Payload**: `<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>`. * **Vector**: `wp-login.php?action=lostpassword`. * Actually, let's look at `include/Core/UI/Page/Check_Email_Analyzer.php` one more time. * It's a "Free tool". * It might have a pub…
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subjectormessagecolumn rendering. * **Payload**:. * **Vector**: wp-login.php?action=lostpassword`.
* Actually, let's look at `include/Core/UI/Page/Check_Email_Analyzer.php` one more time.
* It's a "Free tool".
* It might have a public-facing page or a way to trigger analysis.
* But the "Email Log" is the core feature.
* I will use the "Lost Password" vector as the primary example, as it's the most reliable way to inject into an email log without needing a plugin-specific public endpoint.
*Wait, one more check*:
The description says: "inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page."
This sounds like it could be a public page.
Does this plugin create any public pages?
Not normally. It's an admin tool.
So the victim is the **Admin**.
* 1. Vulnerability Summary (Stored XSS in Logs).
* 2. Attack Vector (Lost Password trigger).
* 3. Code Flow (wp_mail -> Logger -> DB -> Admin Page).
* 4. Nonce Acquisition (None needed for Lost Password).
* 5. Exploitation Strategy (Step-
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