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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to harvest an admin’s reset link and elevate their privileges to administrator.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00536,"percentile":0.45465,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2025-07-16T09:22:56Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"rustaurius","product":"ultimate wp mail"},{"vendor":"rustaurius","product":"ultimate_wp_mail"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b19794de-b623-4017-bd91-73986383c58b?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-wp-mail/#developers","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-wp-mail/tags/1.3.6/includes/Ajax.class.php","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3328277","tags":["Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6993"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x33w-hjv7-gpx7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-6993","title":"Ultimate WP Mail 1.0.17 - 1.3.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via get_email_log_details Function","description":"The Ultimate WP Mail plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization within the get_email_log_details() AJAX handler in versions 1.0.17 to 1.3.6. 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