WP EXtra <= 6.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Email Sending

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-5314
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 25, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher TP Cyber Security
Description

The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to restricted functionality due to a missing capability check on the 'test-email' section of the register() function in versions up to, and including, 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to send emails with arbitrary content to arbitrary locations from the affected site's mail server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-extra (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2
Patched Version
  • 6.3
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