Post SMTP <= 3.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover via Email Log Exposure

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-24000
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published July 21, 2025
Last Updated July 24, 2025
Researcher Denver Jackson
Description

The Post SMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Email Logs and Mobile App for Failure Notifications – Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Brevo, Mailgun, Amazon SES and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable privilege escalation via account takeover due to a missing capability check on the get_details() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to access email logs which can contain password reset details and lead to an account takeover for any user, including administrators.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-smtp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.0
Patched Version
  • 3.3.0
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