PT-2023-23395 · WordPress · Mail Control

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2023-07-19 · CVE-2023-3158

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mail Control plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 0.2.8

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Mail Control plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 0.2.8, update to a version higher than 0.2.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to email subjects to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-3158

Affected Products

Mail Control

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3158 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mail-control/trunk/includes/admin.php#L42 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2943913%40mail-control&new=2943913%40mail-control&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77537eb8-1c84-4702-aba1-727b0de1c3e1?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66510 · Telegram Post