CVE-2023-6620 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.8.7 does not properly sanitise and escape several parameters before using them in SQL statements, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01704.

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-2023-58843	The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.8.7 does not properly sanitise and escape several parameters before using them in SQL statements, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab5c42ca-ee7d-4344-bd88-0d727ed3d9c4

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-15T15:10:41.386Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:52:48.813Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T10:30:24.389Z

Link: CVE-2023-6620

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.814Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-15T16:15:12.513

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:39.273

Link: CVE-2023-6620

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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