# CVE-2015-10078: atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin resend-welcome-email.php send_welcome_email_url cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the resend welcome email URL, potentially compromising user sessions in WordPress installations using this plugin.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwq5-5jqj-p3gv

## What is CVE-2015-10078?

CVE-2015-10078 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin, published on 12 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin 1.0.1 on WordPress. This issue affects the function send_welcome_email_url of the file resend-welcome-email.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.2 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is b14c1f66d307783f0ae74f88088a85999107695c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-220637 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-10078?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Resend Welcome Email Project Resend Welcome Email.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-10078?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-10078 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-10078 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-10078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2015-10078 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-10078 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin, published on 12 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-10078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10078/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10078/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-10078
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-10078
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-10078

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