CVE-2025-53232

WP Gmail SMTP <= 1.0.7 - Sensitive Information Exposure

2025-10-10 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: WP Gmail SMTP
Affected Version: <= 1.0.7
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2025-53232

At a glance

CVE-2025-53232 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WP Gmail SMTP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed October 2025, reported by Legion Hunter.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Gmail SMTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive user or configuration data.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in WP Gmail SMTP <= 1.0.7 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WP Gmail SMTP yet, so installs running <= 1.0.7 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53232 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a79b37b0-e5b1-4018-a0ef-97aa22f37599 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53232

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP Gmail SMTP

4.3CVE-2025-62123: Gmail SMTP <= 1.0.7 Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2025-62123

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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