CVE-2019-20203 (GCVE-0-2019-20203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-01 21:59 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:39
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
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