CVE-2026-18044 (GCVE-0-2026-18044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 11:24 – Updated: 2026-08-12 12:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Estatik Real Estate Plugin < 4.3.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary-Recipient Mail Relay via Signed-Value Mismatch
Summary
The Estatik Real Estate Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.3.4 does not validate the same recipient list that it later uses to address the message sent by its property request form, allowing unauthenticated users to send emails to arbitrary recipients with arbitrary subject, body and Reply-To on sites where the form is configured to route to a custom address.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-12 12:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/87623f1e-c0fa-45… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Estatik Real Estate Plugin |
Affected:
0 , < 4.3.4
(semver)
|
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