CVE-2025-28974
WordPress Free WP Mail SMTP plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Stored XSS vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP free-wp-mail-smtp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Free WP Mail SMTP: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
WordPress Free WP Mail SMTP plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Stored XSS vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP free-wp-mail-smtp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Free WP Mail SMTP: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-28974- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-17173
7.1
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP free-wp-mail-smtp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Free WP Mail SMTP: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-17173- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2j57-j25h-3fwc
7.1
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP allows Stored XSS....
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Free WP Mail SMTP: from n/a through 1.0.
- Record
GHSA-2j57-j25h-3fwc- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mail250 Free WP Mail SMTP free-wp-mail-smtp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Free WP Mail SMTP: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-28974- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-28974 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Mail250 Free Wp Mail Smtp, published June 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/free-wp-mail-smtp/vulnerability/wordpress-free-wp-mail-smtp-plugin-1-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28974
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/free-wp-mail-smtp/vulnerability/wordpress-free-wp-mail-smtp-plugin-1-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j57-j25h-3fwc