Medium severity · published Aug 8, 2022
CVE-2022-2371
YaySMTP < 2.2.1 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The YaySMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not have proper authorisation when saving its settings, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to change them, and use that to conduct Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack due to the lack of escaping in them as well.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
YS
YaySMTP – Simple WP SMTP Mail ·
2.2.1 before 2.2.1 · source: vendor
YA
Yaysmtp · Yaycommerce
before 2.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2371
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2371
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/31405f1e-fc07-43f5-afc1-9cfbaf6911b7
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