Is CVE-2023-3178 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-3178 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-3178?

CVE-2023-3178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-3178?

CVE-2023-3178 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3178?

Upgrade post smtp to 2.5.7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-3178

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have proper CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in users with the manage_postman_smtp capability delete arbitrary logs via a CSRF attack.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

post smtpNVD

Affected:< 2.5.7Fixed in:2.5.7CVE-2023-3178derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-6277	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2014-0054	Medium	6.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-6429	Medium	6.8	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-41622	High	8.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2018-7700	High	8.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-2295	Medium	6.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-02.