FKIE_CVE-2019-20203

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-02 14:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:30
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://postieplugin.com/Product
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://postieplugin.com/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
postieplugin postie *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:30:11.817",
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