CVE-2026-4561
The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form response message post meta fields (e.g., 'text_subscribed', 'text_error') in all versions up to, and including, 4.12.0 due to insufficient…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form response message post meta fields (e.g., 'text_subscribed', 'text_error') in all versions up to, and including, 4.12.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailchimp-for-wp/trunk/includes/forms/class-form-element.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailchimp-for-wp/trunk/includes/forms/class-form-manager.php#L104
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailchimp-for-wp/trunk/includes/forms/class-form.php#L295
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3491781/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/641b739d-f888-4327-b1c5-c95de39ee011?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.