# CVE-2025-24000: WordPress Post SMTP plugin <= 3.2.0 - Account Takeover Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-07
- CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 0.6% (50th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-288

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Post SMTP post-smtp allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Post SMTP: from n/a through <= 3.2.0.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | No public claim | — | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-12-03 | 118 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### F5

- 2025-12-03 · new · rule 200013131
  > Added: signature 200013131 "WordPress Post SMTP Privilege Escalation" (Authentication/Authorization Attacks, risk Medium), systems: WordPress. References: CVE-2025-24000.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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