Easy WP SMTP <= 1.4.2 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2020-12-07 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4.3

Affected PluginEasy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more

Affected Version<= 1.4.2

CVSS8.1High

CVECVE-2020-35234

View all Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35234 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/837eea49-0b2c-46b4-a325-526d7c143fdc

CVSS Vector

8.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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