Description

The SMTP by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'save_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13908

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.2

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: bestwebsoft

Product: SMTP by BestWebSoft

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.3% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 50.23% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13908
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f3b0637-b1ee-4e0b-95cd-11ac377805a7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bws-smtp/tags/1.1.8/includes/class-bwssmtp-settings.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250935/

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