Easy WP SMTP by SendLayer – WordPress SMTP and Email Log Plugin, CVE-2020-35234
- CVE, Research URL
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Security reports for Easy WP SMTP by SendLayer – WordPress SMTP and Email Log Plugin
- Published on
- Dec 14, 2020
- Research Description
- The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker can list the wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ directory, then they can discover a log file (such as #############_debug_log.txt) that contains all password-reset links. The attacker can request a reset of the Administrator password and then use a link found there.
- Affected versions
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Min -, max 1.4.4.
- Status
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vulnerable