POST SMTP Mailer <= 2.5.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Compromise
Strategic Overview
<= 2.5.6CVE-2023-3179Vulnerability Overview
The POST SMTP Mailer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.6. This is due to incorrect nonce validation on the resend_email() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to resend emails to an arbitrary email address via a forged request granted they can trick a site user with the manage_postman_smtp capability into performing an action such as clicking on a link. An attacker could leverage this to resend a password reset email to their own account and compromise a site administrators account.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.5.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
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