YaySMTP Plugin up to 2.4.5 on WordPress Email cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in YaySMTP Plugin up to 2.4.5 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component Email Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-3093. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in YaySMTP Plugin up to 2.4.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Email 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 YaySMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via email contents in versions up to, and including, 2.4.5 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 published 06/13/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-3093 since 06/04/2023. 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

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/04/2023 🔍
06/13/2023 +9 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2026 +1032 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-3093 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3093
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231295

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2023 10:25
Updated: 04/10/2026 09:38
Changes: 06/13/2023 10:25 (38), 04/10/2026 09:38 (36)
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Cache ID: 216:62E:103

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