SmokeSignal

SmokeSignal has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2017; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.8, and the most serious one scores 7.4 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2017 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 2 of the records (100%).

Every one of the 2 issues recorded for SmokeSignal has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

All of these findings were reported by Paul Dannewitz. SmokeSignal is installed on roughly 10 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.8.30.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.8/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 7.4

Smoke Signal < 1.2.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

2 records


2017-09-04 00:00	SmokeSignal <= 1.2.6 - Cross-Site Scripting SmokeSignal <= 1.2.6	`CVE-2017-18535`	6.1 Medium	Anonymous	Yes
2017-09-02 00:00	Smoke Signal < 1.2.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting SmokeSignal < 1.2.7	`N/A`	7.4 High	Paul Dannewitz	Yes

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Plugin Profile

Latestv1.2.7

SmokeSignal

Author

.dan

5.0(1)

100/100

Last Updated

2017-09-04 (9y ago)

Active Installs

10+

Downloads

2,369

Requires WP

3.0.1+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 4.8.30

Created

2015-01-11 (12y ago)

This plugin allows you to communicate with other registered users of you wordpress blog/website/portal easily inside admin interface. There is possibility to create groups, assign users to them and communicate only with users from the selected group.

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