yaycommerce YaySMTP and Email Logs Plugin up to 2.6.2 on WordPress Any SMTP Service wp_kses_post cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in yaycommerce YaySMTP and Email Logs Plugin up to 2.6.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function wp_kses_post of the component Any SMTP Service. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-0916. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in yaycommerce YaySMTP and Email Logs Plugin up to 2.6.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wp_kses_post of the component Any SMTP Service. 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 and Email Logs: Amazon SES, SendGrid, Outlook, Mailgun, Brevo, Google and Any SMTP Service plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions 2.4.9 to 2.6.2 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. Note: The vulnerability has been initially patched in version 2.4.8 and was reintroduced in version 2.4.9 with the removal of the wp_kses_post() built-in WordPress sanitization function.

The weakness was disclosed by D.Sim. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-0916 since 01/31/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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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• WordPress Plugin

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• yaycommerce

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• YaySMTP and Email Logs Plugin

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• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2

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