CVE-2020-35234

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Easy WP Smtp
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 December 2020

Summary

The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker can list the wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ directory, then they can discover a log file (such as #############_debug_log.txt) that contains all password-reset links. The attacker can request a reset of the Administrator password and then use a link found there.

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugin...
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https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#developers
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EPSS Score

82% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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