CVE-2025-26741
WordPress Email Notifications for Updates <= 1.1.6 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates wp-update-mail-notification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
WordPress Email Notifications for Updates <= 1.1.6 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates wp-update-mail-notification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-26741- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10957
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates wp-update-mail-notification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10957- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4ggw-vj5v-vmmr
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates allows...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through 1.1.6.
- Record
GHSA-4ggw-vj5v-vmmr- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in AWEOS GmbH Email Notifications for Updates wp-update-mail-notification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Email Notifications for Updates: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-26741- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-26741 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Aweos Gmbh Email Notifications For Updates, published April 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-update-mail-notification/vulnerability/wordpress-email-notifications-for-updates-1-1-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26741
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-update-mail-notification/vulnerability/wordpress-email-notifications-for-updates-1-1-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ggw-vj5v-vmmr