PDF Resume Parser <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure in SMTP Credentials
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 69% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The PDF Resume Parser plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to the plugin registering an AJAX action handler that is accessible to unauthenticated users and exposes SMTP configuration data including credentials. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive SMTP credentials (username and password) from the WordPress configuration, which could be leveraged to compromise email accounts and potentially gain unauthorized access to other systems using the same credentials.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
kiwicommerce · PDF Resume ParserReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-resume-parser/tags/1.0/pdf-resume-parser.php#L309https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-resume-parser/trunk/pdf-resume-parser.php#L309https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a84bcc2-23e0-4624-89a4-7bbb1b34c498?source=cve