CVE-2023-3178 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability delete arbitrary logs via a CSRF attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

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-2023-43859	The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability delete arbitrary logs via a CSRF attack.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5341cb5d-d204-49e1-b013-f8959461995f/

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:55:29.719Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:10:01.535Z

Reserved: 2023-06-09T08:24:52.036Z

Link: CVE-2023-3178

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:07.773Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:11.243

Modified: 2025-06-02T16:15:24.557

Link: CVE-2023-3178

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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