CVE-2023-3087 (GCVE-0-2023-3087)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-12 04:38 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:34
VLAI?
Title
FluentSMTP <= 2.2.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Email Subject
Summary
The FluentSMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject in versions up to, and including, 2.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
techjewel FluentSMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, MailGun, Postmark, Google and Any SMTP Provider Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.4 (semver)
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Credits
Alex Thomas
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