The Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_handler() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send emails via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor). It affects Versions up to 5.0.6 and is fixed in 5.0.7.
the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions up to 5.0.6. Update Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) to 5.0.7 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
welcome-email-editor
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
5.0.7
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 5.0.6
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