CVE-2023-0219 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The FluentSMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not sanitize or escape email content, making it vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) when an administrator views the email logs. This exploit requires other plugins to enable users to send emails with unfiltered HTML.

Published: 2023-03-13

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

FluentSMTP

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmanageninja:fluentsmtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12305	The FluentSMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not sanitize or escape email content, making it vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) when an administrator views the email logs. This exploit requires other plugins to enable users to send emails with unfiltered HTML.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00181.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/71662b72-311c-42db-86c5-a0276d25535c

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpmanageninja Fluentsmtp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-13T16:03:36.376Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T15:46:50.142Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T12:20:09.137Z

Link: CVE-2023-0219

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.093Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T17:15:12.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:46.187

Link: CVE-2023-0219

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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