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CVE-2023-3081: WP Mail Logging <= 1.11.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Email

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: none known
• Published: 2023-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Mail Logging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via email contents in versions up to, and including, 1.11.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note: An incomplete fix was released in 1.11.1.

Affected products

• smub WP Mail Logging: before 1.11.2 — fixed in 1.11.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: smub WP Mail Logging 1.11.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2923464/wp-mail-logging
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2925728/wp-mail-logging
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef20b3e6-d8f4-458e-b604-b46ef16e229e?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2923464/wp-mail-logging
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2925728/wp-mail-logging
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef20b3e6-d8f4-458e-b604-b46ef16e229e?source=cve

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