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Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2022-2351
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 18:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Sept 2022, 08:40 UTC

The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

osv:CVE-2022-2351
Complete source record
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  "id": "1a1ef2a5b5883c1f3ca8207cf785050af3465b8b5130037c789aa669346355c4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2351",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Post SMTP < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting",
    "summary": "The Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-2351",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-2351",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-2351"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wpexpertsio/post-smtp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "315ba4588beefdecc2ae9c5e6d5ac4672f760f21"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:post_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.4-rc.2",
            "2.1.4-rc.1",
            "2.1.4-beta.1",
            "2.1.2",
            "2.1.2-rc.2",
            "2.1.2-rc.1",
            "2.1.2-beta-1",
            "2.1.1.1",
            "2.1.1",
            "2.1",
            "2.1-beta.1",
            "2.0.27",
            "2.0.26",
            "2.0.25-beta.1",
            "2.0.25",
            "2.0.24",
            "2.0.23",
            "2.0.22",
            "2.0.21",
            "2.0.20",
            "2.0.19",
            "2.0.18",
            "2.0.17",
            "2.0.16",
            "2.0.15",
            "2.0.14",
            "2.0.13",
            "2.0.12",
            "2.0.11",
            "2.0.10",
            "2.0.9",
            "2.0.8",
            "2.0.7",
            "2.0.6",
            "2.0.5",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.1",
            "v1.9.8",
            "v1.9.7",
            "v1.9.6",
            "v1.9.5",
            "v1.9.4",
            "v1.9.3",
            "v.1.9.2",
            "v.1.9.1",
            "v.1.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-2351.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.244184195Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f3fda033-58f5-446d-ade4-2336a39bfb87",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2351.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2351"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-79"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "WPScan",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.1.4"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.1.4"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2351.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-2351",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505798,
  "published_at": "2022-09-16T08:40:27+00:00"
}