Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Network-reachable reflected XSS needs no auth (PR:N) but requires victim click (UI:R); script crosses into browser context (S:C) with limited C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: patchstack
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in weMail <= 2.1.2 versions.
AnalysisAI
Reflected cross-site scripting in the weMail WordPress plugin (versions 2.1.2 and earlier) lets unauthenticated remote attackers inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in a victim's browser when they follow a crafted link. The scope-changed CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 reflects that the injected script runs in the WordPress site context, potentially affecting authenticated admin sessions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
weMail is a WordPress email-marketing and newsletter plugin used to build campaigns, manage subscribers, and send mail from within wp-admin. The flaw is a classic CWE-79 reflected XSS: user-controllable input (a request parameter) is echoed back into an HTML response without proper output encoding or input sanitization, so a payload supplied in the URL is rendered as live markup. Because it is reflected (not stored), the malicious value must be delivered to the victim per-request rather than persisting on the server. The CVSS scope change (S:C) indicates the script executes beyond the vulnerable component, i.e. in the browser security context of any user - including privileged WordPress administrators - who loads the crafted request.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the weMail plugin to a release later than 2.1.2 once the vendor publishes a patched version; the available data does not list an exact fixed version, so consult the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wemail/vulnerability/wordpress-wemail-plugin-2-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability) and the WordPress plugin changelog for the corrected build - No vendor-released patch version identified at time of analysis. Until a fixed version is confirmed, deploy a web application firewall or Patchstack's virtual patching to filter XSS payloads on the plugin's endpoints, and train administrators not to click weMail-related links from untrusted sources (the attack requires victim interaction). Restricting wp-admin access to known IP ranges further limits exposure of privileged sessions, at the cost of remote-admin convenience.
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-39734
GHSA-rq3h-6r32-7r52