CVE-2023-6621

Published Jan 3, 2024

Last updated 10 months ago

CVSS medium 6.1

Overview

Description: The POST SMTP WordPress plugin before 2.8.7 does not sanitise and escape the msg parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Source: contact@wpscan.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.1
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "00068F78-E905-4A92-8286-F98BDBD96103",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.8.7"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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