CVE-2025-24000 WordPress Post SMTP plugin <= 3.2.0 - Account Takeover Vulnerability
An authentication bypass in the Post SMTP plugin allows attackers to take over user accounts without valid credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24000?
CVE-2025-24000 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Post SMTP, published on 7 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Post SMTP post-smtp allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Post SMTP: from n/a through <= 3.2.0.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24000?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24000?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-24000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2fgh-78wf-f9v9.