CVE-2019-20203 describes a vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress, specifically within its "Authorized Addresses" feature. This flaw allows remote attackers to publish posts on a WordPress site by spoofing the "From" field of an email message. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 5.3), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to unauthorized information modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.