Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log: Server-side request forgery
Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log is affected by server-side request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.
- Component
- Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log
- Plugin slug
post-smtp- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
This CVE was published Sep 26, 2022 and is one of 27 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not have proper authorisation in some AJAX actions, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform blind SSRF on multisite installations for example.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H