POST SMTP Mailer <= 2.8.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via msg

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-6629
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 2, 2024
Last Updated March 20, 2024
Researcher Matan Berson (matanber)

Description

The POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-6621 appears to be a duplicate of this issue. CVE-2024-29128 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

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Vulnerability Details for Post SMTP – WordPress SMTP Plugin with Email Logs and Mobile App for Failure Notifications – Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Brevo, Mailgun, Amazon SES and more

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-smtp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.8.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.6
Patched Version
  • 2.8.7

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