CVE-2023-6629 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-6629 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 03/01/2024 | CVE Updated: 02/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: wpexpertsio | Product: POST SMTP – The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-6629 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Source: wpexpertsio

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).