WordPress Post SMTP plugin 4.0.0-beta.1 - Settings Change vulnerability
Priority LOW 24CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPExperts Post SMTP allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Post SMTP: from 4.0.0 through beta.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00287 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81278
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jq3g-93gg-57x6
References
More WPExperts vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06280 Authorization bypass in saadiqbal Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03363 Change WP Admin < 1.1.4 - Secret Login Page Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-02978 POST SMTP Mailer < 2.5.7 - Account Takeover via CSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-06067 Post SMTP < 2.8.7 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-02171 Post SMTP < 2.1.7 - Admin+ Blind SSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-04426 WP Secure Maintenance < 1.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-81278 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81278 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jq3g-93gg-57x6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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