High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 8, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-13908

Description

The SMTP by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'save_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

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Affected products

Bestwebsoft/SMTP
cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:smtp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <1.2.0
WordPress/SMTP by BestWebSoftllm-create
Range: <=1.1.9
bestweblayout/SMTP by BestWebSoftv5
Range: 0
WordPress/SMTPwp-canonicalize

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250935/nvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f3b0637-b1ee-4e0b-95cd-11ac377805a7nvdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bws-smtp/tags/1.1.8/includes/class-bwssmtp-settings.phpnvdProduct

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