CVE-2020-35234
The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The easy-wp-smtp plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows Administrator account takeover, as exploited in the wild in December 2020. If an attacker can list the wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ directory, then they can discover a log file (such as #############_debug_log.txt) that contains all password-reset links. The attacker can request a reset of the Administrator password and then use a link found there.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 60.38% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- wp-ecommerce/easy wp smtp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 63.4% on 17 October 2026 to 60.4% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugin-fixed-zero-day-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#developersProduct, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-easy-wp-smtp-plugin-fixed-zero-day-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#developersProduct, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.