Description

WordPress Plugin WP Mail Logging is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently change some plugin settings. WordPress Plugin WP Mail Logging version 1.9.9 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.10.0 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:66616623-0C80-4B95-A8DE-5D7F8C6A57B3

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-mail-logging/wp-mail-logging-1100-unauthenticated-arbitrary-settings-change

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-mail-logging/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-38314 CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass