CVE-2023-3158 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Mail Control plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 0.2.8. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts through email subjects due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited data compromise and integrity impact when a user accesses an affected page. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:instareza:mail_control:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.