Plugins · suremails · data as of 2026-11-04
Is SureMail safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.0.3
- Last updated
- 2026-10-08
- Active installs
- 200,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers — by Brainstorm Force
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.0.3). Anything older than 1.9.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get suremails --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update suremails updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 8.1 CVE-2025-13516 · published 2025-12-02
Arbitrary file upload in SureMail (1.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 1.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.9.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in versions up to and including 1.9.0. This is due to the plugin's save_file() function in inc/emails/handler/uploads.php which duplicates all email attachments to a web-accessible directory (wp-content/uploads/suremails/attachments/) without validating file extensions or content types. Files are saved with predictable names derived from MD5 hashes of their content. While the plugin attempts to protect this directory with an Apache .htaccess file to disable PHP execution, this protection is ineffective on nginx, IIS, and Lighttpd servers, or on misconfigured Apache installations. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution by uploading malicious PHP files through any public form that emails attachments, calculating the predictable filename, and directly accessing the file to execute arbitrary code granted they are exploiting a site running on an affected web server configuration.
NVD CVE-2025-13516Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)cwe.mitre.orgPlugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-10-08 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.0.3).
- 2025-12-02 — Arbitrary file upload disclosed (CVE-2025-13516), fixed in 1.9.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Brainstorm Force (15 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Arbitrary file upload (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/suremails (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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