CVE-2022-42699 is an authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting the Easy WP SMTP plugin up to version 1.5.1 on WordPress. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation has been observed, nor public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-ecommerce:easy_wp_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.