Email Log Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Email Log Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-2352. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Email Log Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 09/26/2022. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2352 since 07/08/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.1.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Email Log Plugin 2.1.7

Timelineinfo

07/08/2022 🔍
09/26/2022 +80 days 🔍
09/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2025 +968 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2352 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2352
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209564

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2022 16:42
Updated: 05/22/2025 00:36
Changes: 09/26/2022 16:42 (40), 10/24/2022 07:46 (11), 05/22/2025 00:36 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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