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CVE-2023-3158 Details

Description

The Mail Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject in versions up to, and including, 0.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mail-control/trunk/includes/admin.php#L42	CVE	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77537eb8-1c84-4702-aba1-727b0de1c3e1?source=cve	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mail-control/trunk/includes/admin.php#L42	[email protected]	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2943913%40mail-control&new=2943913%40mail-control&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	[email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77537eb8-1c84-4702-aba1-727b0de1c3e1?source=cve	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
instareza mail control	<= 0.2.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:instareza:mail_control::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 8, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 19, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]