CVE-2022-2351 Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into the admin dashboard, potentially compromising other administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2351?
CVE-2022-2351 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2351?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpexperts Post Smtp.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2351?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2351 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-2351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log
- CVE-2023-6875 Auth bypass in Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App
- CVE-2023-3179 POST SMTP Mailer < 2.5.7 - Account Takeover via CSRF
- CVE-2023-52233 WordPress POST SMTP Mailer plugin <= 2.8.6 - Broken Access Control on API vulnerability
- CVE-2024-52436 WordPress Post SMTP plugin <= 2.9.9 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0521 Post SMTP <= 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j93m-q6xh-qq49.