vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: ultimate-wp-mail: CVE-2025-6993: Missing Authorization

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 15, 2025
Added
Jul 16, 2025
Modified
Jul 17, 2025

Description

The Ultimate WP Mail plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization within the get_email_log_details() AJAX handler in versions 1.0.17 to 1.3.6. The handler reads the client-supplied post_id and retrieves the corresponding email log post content (including the password-reset link), relying only on the ‘edit_posts’ capability without restricting to administrators or validating ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to harvest an admin’s reset link and elevate their privileges to administrator.

Solution

ultimate-wp-mail-plugin-cve-2025-6993
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