# CVE-2020-35234: The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2020-12-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker can list the wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ directory, then they can discover a log file (such as #############_debug_log.txt) that contains all password-reset links. The attacker can request a reset of the Administrator password and then use a link found there.

## What to do

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## References

- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugin-fixed-zero-day-vulnerability/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#developers
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_easy_wp_smtp.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-35234.yaml

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