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CVE-2022-2372: YaySMTP < 2.2.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The YaySMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 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 when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

• YaySMTP – Simple WP SMTP Mail: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: YaySMTP – Simple WP SMTP Mail 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/941fadb6-0009-4751-b979-88e87ebb1e45
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/941fadb6-0009-4751-b979-88e87ebb1e45

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