CVE-2026-11592
Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 5.9.27 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Settings Modification via ig_es_handle_request AJAX Action
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 5.9.27 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Settings Modification via ig_es_handle_request AJAX Action
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
- Record
CVE-2026-11592- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-41248
4.3
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
- Record
EUVD-2026-41248- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qrc-923r-c8cr
4.3
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for...
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
- Record
GHSA-7qrc-923r-c8cr- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to overwrite plugin mail settings (from name and from email address), create audience lists, insert arbitrary contacts into those lists, create and overwrite newsletter broadcasts and post notifications, add workflows, and queue and dispatch mass email to arbitrary recipients.
- Record
CVE-2026-11592- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - 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-2026-11592 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters By Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Woocommerce Marekting Automation For Wordpress, published July 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2e70691-4de9-4b12-babf-bebe267a780b?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.24/lite/admin/class-ig-es-onboarding.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.24/lite/admin/class-email-subscribers-admin.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.24/lite/includes/classes/class-es-newsletters.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.24/lite/includes/workflows/admin/class-es-workflow-admin-edit.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.24/lite/includes/class-email-subscribers-activator.php
Show 9 moreShow less
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.21/lite/admin/class-ig-es-onboarding.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.21/lite/admin/class-email-subscribers-admin.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.21/lite/includes/classes/class-es-newsletters.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.21/lite/includes/workflows/admin/class-es-workflow-admin-edit.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.21/lite/includes/class-email-subscribers-activator.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3584584%40email-subscribers&new=3584584%40email-subscribers&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-11592
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11592
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7qrc-923r-c8cr