VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20203
The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote attackers to publish posts by spoofing the From information of an email message.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote attackers to publish posts by spoofing the From information of an email message.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.10% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- postieplugin/postie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://postieplugin.com/Product
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://postieplugin.com/Product
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.