The MailPoet WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
History

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Automattic
Automattic mailpoet
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:automattic:mailpoet:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Automattic
Automattic mailpoet

Tue, 20 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The MailPoet WordPress plugin before 5.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Title MailPoet < 5.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-05-15T20:06:55.990Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T19:30:43.953Z

Reserved: 2024-12-17T21:04:13.572Z

Link: CVE-2024-12743

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-19T20:32:41.201Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:15:37.003

Modified: 2025-06-10T11:53:54.447

Link: CVE-2024-12743

cve-icon Redhat

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