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.
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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. | |
Title | WP Email Debug 1.0 - 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset | |
Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-06-06T06:42:54.315Z
Updated: 2025-06-06T16:08:27.212Z
Reserved: 2025-06-02T20:41:29.064Z
Link: CVE-2025-5486

Updated: 2025-06-06T15:42:14.297Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-06T07:15:28.347
Modified: 2025-06-06T14:07:28.330
Link: CVE-2025-5486

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