Easy WP SMTP <= 1.5.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2022-42699
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published November 30, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher TomS
Description

The Easy WP SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.5.1 possibly via the 'admin_init' function (as part of the SMTP import/export functionality). This allows administrator-level attackers to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug easy-wp-smtp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.1
Patched Version
  • 1.5.2
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