Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify WordPress site running WP Mailster ≤1.9.0.0
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DeliverySend unauthenticated request to unprotected plugin endpoint
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ExploitBypass missing authorization check
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ExecutionAccess restricted data or function
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ImpactDisclose low-sensitivity information
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The only prerequisite derivable from the data is that a vulnerable WP Mailster installation (any version up to and including 1.9.0.0) be deployed and network-reachable; per CVSS PR:N/UI:N/AC:L, exploitation requires no authentication, no user interaction, and no special configuration against a default install. The description references 'Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels,' indicating the flaw stems from an access-control check that is missing or too permissive on a plugin function/endpoint, but it does not name the exact feature. The practical limiting factor is impact, not access: only low-level confidentiality is affected (C:L, I:N, A:N), so a successful attack yields unauthorized information/function access rather than data modification or site takeover. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) with a vendor/NVD CVSS 3.1 score of 5.3 and vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, meaning network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated access with only low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect - consistent with unauthorized read access to data/functionality that should be protected, not full compromise. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the risk signals are therefore limited to the CVSS vector alone. The combination of easy, unauthenticated network access (PR:N/AC:L) but only C:L impact places this as a lower-priority information-exposure issue rather than a critical RCE-class bug. Key limiting data is missing: EPSS probability is absent (cannot gauge likelihood of exploitation) and no POC status is confirmed, so prioritization should lean on the modest confidentiality-only impact - patch in routine cycles rather than as an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a direct request to a WP Mailster plugin endpoint or AJAX/REST action that fails to enforce an authorization check, retrieving information or invoking functionality intended only for privileged users. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no credentials, user interaction, or special timing is required, but impact is limited to low-level confidentiality disclosure. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026
WP Mailster, a WordPress newsletter and mailing-list plugin, contains a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) affecting all versions through 1.9.0.0, allowing remote attackers to reach plugin functionality or data that should be gated behind an access-control check. According to the CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (score 5.3), exploitation requires no authentication and no user interaction against a default installation, but the resulting impact is limited to low-level confidentiality loss - unauthorized read access to data or functionality rather than modification, deletion, or site takeover. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified in the provided intelligence at time of analysis, and the flaw was reported through Patchstack as a broken access control issue in the WordPress plugin ecosystem.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the provided intelligence - the only reference is the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-mailster/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-mailster-plugin-1-9-0-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve), so administrators should check that page and the WP Mailster plugin changelog for the first release above 1.9.0.0 and update through the WordPress plugin dashboard as soon as a fixed build is published. Until a patched version is available, the most effective compensating control is to deactivate WP Mailster if mailing-list functionality is not currently required; this fully removes the exposure at the cost of losing newsletter and list-management features. If the plugin must stay active, restrict unauthenticated access to the plugin's entry points by blocking or challenging requests to its admin-ajax.php actions, REST routes, and plugin-specific admin-post handlers at the WAF or reverse-proxy layer, and consider requiring authentication for those paths - the trade-off is that legitimate front-end subscription or unsubscribe flows may break and will need to be allow-listed by source or action name. Additional low-risk measures include limiting access to /wp-admin/ and /wp-json/ to trusted networks where operationally feasible, monitoring web logs for unusual unauthenticated calls into wp-mailster paths to detect probing, and keeping WordPress core, themes, and other plugins current so an authorization gap cannot be chained with a separate issue. Because the assessed impact is confidentiality-only (C:L/I:N/A:N), these mitigations reduce the window of exposure but do not require emergency site isolation.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), classified by the reporter as an incorrectly configured access-control security level. WordPress plugins commonly expose privileged operations through AJAX actions (admin-ajax.php), REST API routes, or admin-post handlers; when such an endpoint omits a capability check (e.g. current_user_can()) or a nonce/authentication guard, unauthenticated callers can invoke functionality intended only for administrators or subscribed users. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:wp_mailster:wp_mailster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* registers the wp_mailster product namespace with a wildcard version, reflecting that the advisory covers all releases up to and including 1.9.0.0 rather than a single pinned build. The assessed vector (PR:N, UI:N, AC:L) confirms the intended authorization boundary - an unauthenticated entry point on a network-reachable WordPress installation - is bypassable without credentials, but the S:U/C:L scoring indicates the exposed operation only leaks low-sensitivity information rather than permitting state change, consistent with a read-only authorization gap rather than a privilege-escalation or RCE chain. No CVE-to-CWE mapping beyond CWE-862, and no additional attack-complexity conditions such as race windows or specific plugin configuration, are documented in the source data.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Missing authorization on a network-reachable plugin endpoint needs no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), yielding only unauthorized read access (C:L, I:N/A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Mailster WP Mailster wp-mailster allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Mailster: from n/a through 1.9.0.0.
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