CVE-2026-93889
HIGH 7.2The Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PHPMailer 'wp_mail_failed' Error Message in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires a separately installed plugin, such as Contact Form 7, that passes unauthenticated user-controlled input into mail fields whose content PHPMailer will include in its failure error message.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.2), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 15th percentile
Impact if exploited
7.2CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityLow
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7.2 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - HIGH 7.2 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-91957 EUVD · EUVD-2026-91957
Technical & other
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a1d9d03-0216-484c-85ca-73f157595713?source=cveCVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.1.12/src/Loggers/LogHelper.php#L69CVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.1.12/src/Views/LogModal.php#L83CVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.1.12/src/Loggers/WpMail.php#L30CVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.1.12/src/MailAdminTable.php#L149CVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3717442%40wp-mail-catcher&new=3717442%40wp-mail-catcherCVE record · Wordfence · Updated 2026-10-03T06:38:22.939Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93889 · Updated 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637