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CVE-2020-35234

The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 14, 2020
Published Date
December 14, 2020
Last Updated
August 04, 2024
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Description
The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker can list the wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ directory, then they can discover a log file (such as #############_debug_log.txt) that contains all password-reset links. The attacker can request a reset of the Administrator password and then use a link found there.
Tags
wordpress nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2020-12-14 02:21:44 UTC) Source

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugin-fixed-zero-day-vulnerability/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#developers

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CVE 2020-12-14 02:21:44 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-35234.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei