CVE-2022-2351 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2351

Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 16th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact