CVE-2026-120040

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 55/100
Published: 2026-10-31 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-10-31 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

The Mail logging & Catcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 via the 'message' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract valid administrator password-reset keys from stored email logs and complete the WordPress password-reset flow to escalate privileges to administrator. Exploitation requires an administrator to have previously configured the plugin's default_view_role setting to a capability held by low-privileged users such as 'read'; on an untouched install the default of 'manage_options' restricts log access to administrators only.

Affected Software (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

55 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.28%
Raw Score 0.002820
Percentile 20.9%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00282
2026-11-12
0.00282
2026-11-10
0.00282
2026-11-09
0.00282
2026-11-08
0.00282
2026-11-07
0.00282
2026-11-06
0.00282
2026-11-05
0.00282
2026-11-04
0.00282
2026-11-03
0.00282
2026-11-02
0.00282
2026-11-01
0.00282
2026-10-31
0.00282

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