High severity · published Dec 2, 2025
CVE-2025-13516
SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers <= 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
8.1
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in versions up to and including 1.9.0. This is due to the plugin's save_file() function in inc/emails/handler/uploads.php which duplicates all email attachments to a web-accessible directory (wp-content/uploads/suremails/attachments/) without validating file extensions or content types. Files are saved with predictable names derived from MD5 hashes of their content. While the plugin attempts to protect this directory with an Apache .htaccess file to disable PHP execution, this protection is ineffective on nginx, IIS, and Lighttpd servers, or on misconfigured Apache installations. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution by uploading malicious PHP files through any public form that emails attachments, calculating the predictable filename, and directly accessing the file to execute arbitrary code granted they are exploiting a site running on an affected web server configuration.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers · brainstormforce
through 1.9.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
SS
SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers
brainstormforce
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13516
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13516
cwe.mitre.org
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suremails/trunk/inc/admin/plugin.php#L407
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suremails/trunk/inc/emails/handler/uploads.php#L113
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suremails/trunk/inc/emails/handler/uploads.php#L231
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3403145/suremails/trunk?contextall=1&old=3389326&old_path=%2Fsuremails%2Ftrunk
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3a20047-a325-4d29-a848-7ffa525d0bad?source=cve
