Description
The WP Mail Logging WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 does not properly restrict the HTML and CSS of logged emails before rendering them in its admin log screens, allowing unauthenticated users to inject styled content and links, for example through a public contact form, that can deceive an administrator viewing the log and send their browser to an attacker-controlled page.
Published: 2026-10-02
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-74
CWE-79

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WP Mail Logging WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 does not properly restrict the HTML and CSS of logged emails before rendering them in its admin log screens, allowing unauthenticated users to inject styled content and links, for example through a public contact form, that can deceive an administrator viewing the log and send their browser to an attacker-controlled page.
Title WP Mail Logging < 1.17.0 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T10:54:10.923Z

Reserved: 2026-01-29T20:06:22.522Z

Link: CVE-2026-1661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T10:44:44.299Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-02T07:16:36.673

Modified: 2026-10-02T11:17:34.360

Link: CVE-2026-1661

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T09:00:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-74

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')