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GHSA-FGFC-HPW9-V2PQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-16 12:31 – Updated: 2026-10-16 12:31

Details

The GoSMTP Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Email Log Body in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 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. The exploit is made possible because WordPress comment kses does not strip entity-encoded tag delimiters, allowing the payload to pass moderation as safe text before being decoded into live HTML by core email notification functions and written verbatim into the plugin's email log database table.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-96768 (GCVE-0-2026-96768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-16 09:26 – Updated: 2026-10-16 14:39

Title

GoSMTP Pro <= 1.2.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Email Log Body

Summary

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-16 14:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2250 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://gosmtp.net/blog/gosmtp-1-2-4-launched/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
softaculous	GoSMTP Pro	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.3 (semver)

Credits

Rafie Muhammad

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