CVE-2025-5486
WP Email Debug 1.0 - 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset
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WP Email Debug 1.0 - 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset
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.
Reserved 2025-06-02 | Published 2025-06-06 | Updated 2025-06-06 | Assigner Wordfence| 2025-06-05: | Disclosed |
Kenneth Dunn
www.wordfence.com/...-3bd6-47af-919e-00c5249dcc74?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...wp-email-debug/trunk/hooks.php
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