CVE-2025-6993

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.

Reserved 2025-07-01 | Published 2025-07-16 | Updated 2025-07-16 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1.0.17
affected

Timeline

2025-07-15:

Disclosed

Credits

Kenneth Dunn finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-b623-4017-bd91-73986383c58b?source=cve

wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-wp-mail/

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../1.3.6/includes/Ajax.class.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3328277

cve.org (CVE-2025-6993)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-6993)

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