CVE-2025-26741 (GCVE-0-2025-26741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-15 11:59 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress Email Notifications for Updates <= 1.1.6 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates wp-update-mail-notification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-15 13:19 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:35
Credits
LVT-tholv2k | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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