CVE-2023-0219
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-0219 affects the FluentSMTP WordPress plugin versions before 2.2.3. The vulnerability was discovered by Vaibhav Rajput and publicly disclosed on February 20, 2023. The issue stems from the plugin's failure to properly sanitize or escape email content, which creates a security risk in the email logging functionality (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 7.7 (High). It is categorized under CWE-79 and falls into the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability specifically manifests when an administrator views email logs, and requires other plugins to enable users to send emails with unfiltered HTML (WPScan).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code in the context of an administrator's browser session when viewing email logs. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions being performed with administrator privileges (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in FluentSMTP version 2.2.3. Site administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. No alternative workarounds have been published (WPScan).

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