Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2022
CVE-2022-2351
The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to…
4.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PS
Post Smtp · Wpexperts
before 2.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2351
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2351
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f3fda033-58f5-446d-ade4-2336a39bfb87
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