Description
The AcyMailing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions From 9.11.0 up to, and including, 10.8.1 due to a missing capability check on the `wp_ajax_acymailing_router` AJAX handler. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to access admin-only controllers (including configuration management), enable the autologin feature, create a malicious newsletter subscriber with an injected `cms_id` pointing to any WordPress user, and then use the autologin URL to authenticate as that user, including administrators.
Problem types
Product status
9.11.0 (semver)
Timeline
| 2026-03-06: | Vendor Notified |
| 2026-04-15: | Disclosed |
Credits
Ren Voza
References
www.wordfence.com/...-9eba-4c46-b19f-d008e1058f64?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../tags/10.7.1/WpInit/Router.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ailing/trunk/WpInit/Router.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../tags/10.7.1/WpInit/Router.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../tags/10.7.1/WpInit/Router.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...1/back/Core/AcymController.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...1/back/Core/AcymController.php