CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-3167

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Mail Queue plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via an email subject in versions up to and including 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

Risk Assessment

Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to data theft or account takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Mail Queue plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures such as input monitoring and filtering.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Mail Queue plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject in versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS