Stored XSS via unescaped email log rendering
Published Jul 12, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in WPVibes WP Mail Log 1.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through logged email content. The administrative email log view stores attacker-influenced email content and renders it without sufficient sanitization or output escaping. Exploitation requires a site feature that lets an unauthenticated visitor influence an outgoing email and an authenticated user to open the resulting log entry, where the script runs in that viewer's browser.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in WPVibes WP Mail Log 1.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through logged email content. The administrative email log view stores attacker-influenced email content and renders it without sufficient sanitization or output escaping. Exploitation requires a site feature that lets an unauthenticated visitor influence an outgoing email and an authenticated user to open the resulting log entry, where the script runs in that viewer's browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3088
- Published
- Jul 12, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- WPVibes
- Product
- WP Mail Log
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 12, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.1.1
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Public exploit references
- Wordfence email-log stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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