WP Mail Catcher Plugin up to 2.1.2 on WordPress Email Subject cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WP Mail Catcher Plugin up to 2.1.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Email Subject Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-3080. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Mail Catcher Plugin up to 2.1.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Email Subject Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Mail Catcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2 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 weakness was shared 06/10/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-3080 since 06/02/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/02/2023 🔍
06/10/2023 +8 days 🔍
06/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2026 +1035 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-3080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231199

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2023 13:42
Updated: 04/10/2026 07:52
Changes: 06/10/2023 13:42 (38), 04/10/2026 07:52 (36)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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