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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-6629 · published 3 January 2024

CVE-2023-6629: Wpexperts post smtp cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wpexperts · Post Smtp

The POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-6621 appears to be a duplicate of this issue. CVE-2024-29128 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.44% · top 63.6% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.44%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-6621 appears to be a duplicate of this issue. CVE-2024-29128 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-smtp/trunk/Postman/Wizard/NewWizard.php#L396 Issue Tracking
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3012318%40post-smtp%2Ftrunk&old=3006604 Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7681f984-d488-4da7-afe1-988e5ad012f2?source=cve Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-smtp/trunk/Postman/Wizard/NewWizard.php#L396 Issue Tracking
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3012318%40post-smtp%2Ftrunk&old=3006604 Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7681f984-d488-4da7-afe1-988e5ad012f2?source=cve Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-6629), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-08). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.