The Post SMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Email Logs and Mobile App for Failure Notifications – Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Brevo, Mailgun, Amazon SES and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable privilege escalation via account takeover due to a missing capability check on the get_details() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to access email logs which can contain password reset details and lead to an account takeover for any user, including administrators.
CVE-2025-24000 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App. It affects Versions up to 3.2.0 and is fixed in 3.3.0.
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CVE-2025-24000 is tracked for the Plugin Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 3.2.0. Update Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App to 3.3.0 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
post-smtp
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-24000 |
| Patched Versions |
3.3.0
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.2.0
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Post SMTP – Complete SMTP Solution with Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App <= 3.6.0 - Missing Authorization to Account Takeover via Unauthenticated Email Log Disclosure
POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.8.7 - Authorization Bypass via type connect-app API
Post SMTP <= 3.8.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'event_type'
Post SMTP <= 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.9.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.8.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via device
POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.8.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
POST SMTP Mailer <= 2.7.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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