CVE-2025-6993

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - security@wordfence.com

Published

2025-07-16

Last modified

2025-07-16

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected products

• Ultimate Wp Mail (Rustaurius)

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-wp-mail/tags/1.3.6/includes/Ajax.class.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3328277
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-wp-mail/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b19794de-b623-4017-bd91-73986383c58b?source=cve