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CVE-2019-20203

The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote...

5.3 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.10%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

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.

Record
CVE-2019-20203
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-290
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-20203
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-10757 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-10757
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x694-qvr9-67gw No score

The Authorized Addresses feature in the Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows remote...

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.

Record
GHSA-x694-qvr9-67gw
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-20203 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Postieplugin Postie, published January 1, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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