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CVE-2025-5486

dr_scythe WP Email Debug — WP Email Debug 1.0 - 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
38
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 42.6.426 × 208.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
WP Email Debug1.0 – 1.1.0–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3af64a2-3bd6-47af-919e-00c5249dcc74?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-email-debug/trunk/hooks.php#L71