YaySMTP – Simple WP SMTP Mail <= 2.2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-2372
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published July 15, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The YaySMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters, with at least one being the 'client_id' parameter, in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, administrator and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts stored in the plugin options.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yaysmtp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2
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