{"id":"CVE-2026-6235","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-6235","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:37:06.644Z","title":"The Sendmachine for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via the 'manage_admin_requests' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.20.","description":"The Sendmachine for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via the 'manage_admin_requests' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.20. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the plugin's SMTP configuration, which can be leveraged to intercept all outbound emails from the site (including password reset emails).","published":"2026-04-22T09:16:26.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-06T22:18:26.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00578,"percentile":0.47396,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sendmachine/tags/1.0.20/includes/sendmachine_email_manager.php#L39","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sendmachine/tags/1.0.20/sendmachine_wp_admin.php#L174","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sendmachine/tags/1.0.20/sendmachine_wp_admin.php#L183","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3511578","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7889e071-84a8-46ec-abe5-5c98980ce275?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6235","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}