How severe is CVE-2024-5207?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Saadiqbal Post Smtp – Complete Email Deliverability And Solution With Logs, Alerts, Backup & Mobile App

CVE-2024-5207

The POST SMTP – The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the selected parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator access or higher to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2024-05-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/103db583-9399-4a45-a316-808b5… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-smtp/trunk/Postman/Postman-Email-Log/Po… (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5207?: CVE-2024-5207 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saadiqbal Post Smtp – Complete Email Deliverability And Solution With Logs, Alerts, Backup & Mobile App, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-5207?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.