CVE-2022-2372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The YaySMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Published: 2022-08-08

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

YaySMTP – Simple WP SMTP Mail

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.2.2`	affected	< 2.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yaycommerce:yaysmtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34639	The YaySMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00511.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/941fadb6-0009-4751-b979-88e87ebb1e45

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yaycommerce Yaysmtp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-08-08T13:47:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:32:09.568Z

Reserved: 2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2372

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-08T14:15:09.010

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:41:46.707

Link: CVE-2022-2372

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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