CVE-2023-3179 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin prior to version 2.5.7. This flaw allows attackers to trick logged-in users with "manage_postman_smtp" capabilities into resending emails to arbitrary addresses, potentially leading to account takeover. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.