CVE-2026-120040

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.

• CWE-269

• https://github.com/JWardee/wp-mail-catcher/releases/tag/v2.3.0
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L101
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L259
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Loggers/WpMail.php#L42
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/HtmlMessage.php#L9
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/TextMessage.php#L10
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/599e46ed-a71c-41d1-839f-6bb76808a58f?source=cve

Published

Oct 31, 2026

Last Modified

Oct 31, 2026

Status

Received

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2026-120007NodeBB 1.18.0 through 4.16.5 contains an authorization bypas…6.5
• CVE-2026-12001A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in the firmware …5.2
• CVE-2026-120019The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sto…5.4
• CVE-2026-12002The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plug…4.7
• CVE-2026-12003To allow builds of Python to be run from an in-tree layout (…5.3
• CVE-2026-12004IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Ver…8.7
• CVE-2026-120046Nezha 2.0.0 before 2.4.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference…5.3
• CVE-2026-12005IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Ver…7.2
• CVE-2026-12007Use after free in Core in Google Chrome on Windows prior to …8.8
• CVE-2026-120070The User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Prof…8.8
• CVE-2026-120075The WP Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to St…7.2
• CVE-2026-12008Use after free in DigitalCredentials in Google Chrome prior …8.3