5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-20203
WordPress Postie Plugin Email Spoofing Vulnerability
Description

The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote attackers to publish posts by spoofing the From information of an email message.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 2, 2020, 2:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-20203 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-20203 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Postieplugin postie
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-20203.

URL Resource
https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://postieplugin.com/ Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

This PoC describe how to exploit Postie WordPress plugin v1.9.40

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 27, 2019, 4:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

List of my CVE published

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
9 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 20, 2019, 9:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-20203 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-20203 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-863 CWE-290
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://postieplugin.com/ No Types Assigned https://postieplugin.com/ Product
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002 No Types Assigned https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.9.40
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.89 }} 0.00%

score

0.80083

percentile

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