WordPress POST SMTP Mailer plugin <= 2.8.6 - Broken Access Control on API vulnerability

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52233",
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  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "WordPress POST SMTP Mailer plugin <= 2.8.6 - Broken Access Control on API vulnerability",
    "summary": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Post SMTP Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log.This issue affects Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log: from n/a through 2.8.6.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-52233",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wpexpertsio/post-smtp",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.893248939Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52233.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52233",
        "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/post-smtp/wordpress-post-smtp-mailer-plugin-2-8-6-broken-access-control-on-api-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492591,
  "published_at": "2024-06-11T16:05:38.545+00:00"
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