CVE-2023-3179 - 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 resend an email to an arbitrary address (for example a password reset email could be resent to an attacker controlled email, and allow them to take over an account).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00096.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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-2023-43860	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 resend an email to an arbitrary address (for example a password reset email could be resent to an attacker controlled email, and allow them to take over an account).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/542caa40-b199-4397-90bb-4fdb693ebb24

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

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-352
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-07-17T13:29:54.425Z

Updated: 2024-11-07T14:18:23.148Z

Reserved: 2023-06-09T08:24:57.044Z

Link: CVE-2023-3179

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.071Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-17T14:15:10.843

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

Link: CVE-2023-3179

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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