01 Record
CVE-2026-12757
Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 5.9.27 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Subscriber Name Field
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 5.9.27 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Subscriber Name Field
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-08.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-07 13:28Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-08 12:54Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f2659fb38f12f2497601a943de5ba51e41a2cd8db2f2be09581e55e0283e3587
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d9b4448-2b63-4704-ac9e-c4db4784638c?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/workflows/actions/class-es-action-send-email.php#L188
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-mailer.php#L1133
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L165
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L260
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/workflows/actions/class-es-action-send-email.php#L188
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-mailer.php#L1133
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L165
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L260