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CVE-2023-7202: Fatal Error Notify < 1.5.3 - Subscriber+ Test Error Email Sending

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Fatal Error Notify WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its test_error AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and spam the admin email address with error messages. The issue is also exploitable via CSRF

Affected products

• Fatal Error Notify: before 1.5.3 — fixed in 1.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fatal Error Notify 1.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-7202-fatal-error-notify-error-email-sending-csrf/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d923ba5b-1c20-40ee-ac69-cd0bb65b375a/
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-7202-fatal-error-notify-error-email-sending-csrf/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d923ba5b-1c20-40ee-ac69-cd0bb65b375a/

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