CRITICALCVSS v3.1 9.8Vulnerability

CVE-2026-109515

The MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.78.6 This is due to the `subscribe_to_email_list` endpoint accepting an attacker-supplied `optin_data[form_custom_field_mappings]` parameter without any allow-list validation on destination keys, allowing the attacker-controlled mapping to override the administrator's saved mapping and pass arbitrary `wp_users` column names — including `ID` and `user_pass` — directly into `wp_insert_user()` via the `subscribe()` function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to force `wp_insert_user()` into UPDATE mode on any existing account by supplying a target user's numeric `ID`, overwrite that account's password with a pre-hashed value of their choosing, and thereby take over any WordPress user account — including administrators — leading to full site compromise. Exploitation requires that a WordPress User Registration opt-in form is published somewhere on the site, though the form's UUID is visible in page source and no authentication, nonce, or capability check is required to reach the vulnerable endpoint.

Properties

Severity
CRITICAL
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-20T21:14:08.448323+00:00
Epss score
0.00439
Cvss severity
CRITICAL
Cvss score
9.8
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:48+00:00
Last source
FIRST EPSS
Score
9.8
Cvss version
3.1
Cve id
CVE-2026-109515
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
First seen by Signal
2026-10-18T13:39:03+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published at
2026-10-16T05:17:29.597
Last modified
2026-10-16T15:17:07.900
Epss percentile
0.36849

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