The YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 via the putFile function. This is due to insufficient file type validation in the putFile function, as sanitize_file_name() does not strip executable extensions and no allow-list, MIME check, or safe-extension rename is applied. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. The only server-side guard is a .htaccess file containing 'Require all denied' written by writeGuards(), which is silently ignored by nginx and by Apache configured with AllowOverride None, meaning RCE is fully achievable on those server configurations.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 15:17
- First seenCVSS 8.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 07:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/Helper/EmailLogAttachments.php#L106
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/Helper/EmailLogAttachments.php#L178
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/Helper/EmailLogAttachments.php#L542
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/Helper/EmailLogAttachments.php#L549
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/Helper/Utils.php#L814
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yaysmtp/tags/2.7.7/includes/PluginCore.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3739875/yaysmtp/trunk/includes/Helper/EmailLogAttachments.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4abbf148-4648-440c-8a82-cf68bf051fbe?source=cve