Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-96768)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-96768). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The GoSMTP Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Email Log Body in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 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. The exploit is made possible because WordPress comment kses does not strip entity-encoded tag delimiters, allowing the payload to pass moderation as safe text before being decoded into live HTML by core email notification functions and written verbatim into the plugin's email log database table.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-96768 has been found in GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin).
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.2/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin) CVE-2026-96768" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-96768 (GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 7.2
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin).
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin).
Severity: High (CVSS 7.2/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで GoSMTP Pro (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web gosmtp.net
- web security@wordfence.com
- web github.com
- web security@wordfence.com