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CVE-2020-35234

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 60.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

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.

Affected products

• WPecommerce, Alexanderfoxc Easy WP SMTP: before 1.4.4 — fixed in 1.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WPecommerce, Alexanderfoxc Easy WP SMTP 1.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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