Description
The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging and send all emails to an attacker controlled address and then trigger a password reset for an administrator to gain access to an administrator account.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (1)
dr_scythe/WP Email Debug
1.0 - 1.1.0
Published
Jun 06, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026