EUVD-2026-41248
GHSA-7qrc-923r-c8cr
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-accessible requiring contributor credentials (PR:L); integrity limited to plugin-scoped data modification (I:L); no confidentiality or availability impact within the vulnerable system.
Primary rating from Vendor (wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: wordfence
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters - Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
AnalysisAI
Authorization bypass in the Email Subscribers & Newsletters WordPress plugin (all versions through 5.9.27) allows contributor-level authenticated users to hijack the site's email infrastructure - overwriting sender identity, creating mailing lists, injecting arbitrary contacts, and dispatching mass email to arbitrary external recipients. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms low-complexity, network-accessible exploitation requiring only a contributor account, which is commonly available on multi-author WordPress sites. …
Unlock full vulnerability intelligence
- Risk assessment & exploitation conditions
- Attack chain visualization
- Remediation with exact patch versions
- Threat intelligence from 22 sources
- Personal watchlist & email alerts
Free forever · No credit card required
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata
Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress session with at minimum contributor-level role. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The NVD CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) reflects bounded impact - no confidentiality breach (C:N) and no availability disruption (A:N) - but understates the real-world abuse potential. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker registers a contributor account on a WordPress site with open registration enabled, or compromises an existing contributor credential via phishing. The attacker then sends crafted POST requests to the plugin's admin AJAX handlers - mimicking legitimate plugin actions but without holding administrator capabilities - to overwrite the From email to impersonate the organization, import a list of phishing targets, and queue a mass email broadcast. … |
| Remediation | Update the Email Subscribers & Newsletters plugin to the latest version available in the WordPress plugin repository, which should include the fix introduced in trac changeset 3584584. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Threat intelligence, references, and detailed analysis are available after sign-in.
The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail comman
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1
The Hash Form - Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing fil
The GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all
The Simple File List plugin for WordPress through version 4.2.2 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulner
The AI Engine WordPress plugin through version 3.1.3 exposes Bearer Token values through the /mcp/v1/ REST API endpoint
The Ninja Forms plugin before 2.9.42.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via
The Business Directory Plugin - Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based
SQL injection in the NotificationX WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 2.8.2) allows unauthenticated remote a
The POST SMTP Mailer - Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress i
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin - for Online Courses and Education plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to union base
The Country State City Dropdown CF7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘cnt’ and 'sid' paramete
Same weakness CWE-862 – Missing Authorization
View allSame technique Authentication Bypass
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today