CVE-2023-3179

POST SMTP Mailer <= 2.5.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Compromise

mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.5.7
Patched in
211d
Time to patch

Description

The POST SMTP Mailer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.6. This is due to incorrect nonce validation on the resend_email() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to resend emails to an arbitrary email address via a forged request granted they can trick a site user with the manage_postman_smtp capability into performing an action such as clicking on a link. An attacker could leverage this to resend a password reset email to their own account and compromise a site administrators account.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.5.6
PublishedJune 26, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginpost-smtp

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