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Wordpress POST SMTP Account Takeover

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Disclosed
Jan 10, 2024
Created
Nov 29, 2024

Description

The POST SMTP WordPress plugin prior to 2.8.7 is affected by a privilege
escalation where an unauthenticated user is able to reset the password
of an arbitrary user. This is done by requesting a password reset, then
viewing the latest email logs to find the associated password reset email.

Authors

h00die
Ulysses Saicha

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/wp_post_smtp_acct_takeover
    msf auxiliary(wp_post_smtp_acct_takeover) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(wp_post_smtp_acct_takeover) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(wp_post_smtp_acct_takeover) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(wp_post_smtp_acct_takeover) > run
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