POST SMTP Mailer Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress AJAX Action manage_postman_smtp cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in POST SMTP Mailer Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function manage_postman_smtp of the component AJAX Action Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-3178. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in POST SMTP Mailer Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This vulnerability affects the function manage_postman_smtp of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability delete arbitrary logs via a CSRF attack.

The weakness was presented 01/16/2024 by Erwan Lr. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-3178 since 06/09/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2.5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: POST SMTP Mailer Plugin 2.5.7

Timelineinfo

06/09/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +221 days 🔍
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06/02/2025 +503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Erwan Lr
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-3178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250858

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:15
Updated: 06/02/2025 18:32
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:15 (43), 02/06/2024 10:20 (10), 06/02/2025 18:32 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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