Easy WP SMTP <= 1.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-25141
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 17, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Easy WP SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.3.9. This is due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() function, in addition to insufficient input validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugins settings and arbitrary options on the site that can be used to inject new administrative user accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug easy-wp-smtp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.9.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.9.1
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