CVE-2023-3082 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Post SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via email contents in versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0071.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpexperts	Post Smtp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43773	The Post SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via email contents in versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2935537/post-smtp
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ecd0fa6-4fdb-4780-9560-0bb126800685?source=cve

History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpexperts post Smtp
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp_mailer::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Wpexperts post Smtp Mailer	Wpexperts post Smtp

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-07-12T04:38:45.662Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:40:54.881Z

Reserved: 2023-06-03T03:15:56.101Z

Link: CVE-2023-3082

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:04.212Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-12T05:15:09.677

Modified: 2025-06-04T15:05:06.540

Link: CVE-2023-3082

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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