Postie <= 1.9.40 - Post Submission Spoofing & Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.3
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2019-20203
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 2, 2020
Last Updated January 31, 2023
Researcher V1n1v131r4

Description

The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote attackers to publish posts by spoofing the From information of an email message.

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Vulnerability Details for Postie

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug postie (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.41, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.9.41
Patched Version
  • 1.9.41

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