POST SMTP Mailer < 2.5.7 - Account Takeover via CSRF
The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability resend an email to an arbitrary address (for example a password reset email could be resent to an attacker controlled email, and allow them to take over an account).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3179
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 15:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
POST SMTP Mailer < 2.5.7 - Account Takeover via CSRF
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 17 Jul 2023, 13:29 UTC
The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability resend an email to an arbitrary address (for example a password reset email could be resent to an attacker controlled email, and allow them to take over an account).
osv:CVE-2023-3179
Complete source record
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