CVE-2024-9065: WP Helper Premium <= 4.6.1 - Missing Authorization in whp_smtp_send_mail_test

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Helper Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'whp_smtp_send_mail_test' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send emails containing any content and originating from the vulnerable WordPress instance to any recipient. CVE-2025-24737 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

Mat Bao Corp WP Helper Premium: through 4.6.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-helper-lite/tags/4.6.1/functions/class.wps-frontend-setup-function.php#L55
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167825/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f3c6d98-6f30-4a98-91c9-e77c1f960527?source=cve

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