Description
HTML Injection in the public subscription form in maalfer MailerUp before 1.1.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to have the application send a message carrying arbitrary HTML, to an attacker-chosen address and from the form owner's configured sending identity, via the first_name field of the subscription request, which is interpolated unescaped into the double opt-in verification email.
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

HTML Injection in the public subscription form of MailerUp allows unauthenticated remote attackers to send an email containing arbitrary HTML to a chosen address from the owner's configured sender identity via the first_name field, which is inserted unescaped into the double opt‑in verification email. This can be used to deliver malicious or phishing content and potentially compromise recipients’ browsers or email clients. The weakness is identified as CWE‑80.

Affected Systems

MailerUp from maalfer version 1.1.2 and earlier, up to but not including 1.1.3, is affected. No other versions are known to be vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating moderate severity. EPSS data is unavailable, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV. The likely attack vector is an unauthenticated network request to the public subscription form. An attacker can exploit the flaw by submitting a specially crafted first_name payload via the form to cause the application to send emails with supplied HTML content to any address.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 18, 2026 at 16:43 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.3 or higher.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade MailerUp to version 1.1.3 or later.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed immediately, disable or restrict the public subscription form to prevent unauthenticated submissions.
  • Apply proper input validation and HTML escaping on the first_name field to eliminate unescaped HTML injection.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 18, 2026 at 16:43 UTC.

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History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description HTML Injection in the public subscription form in maalfer MailerUp before 1.1.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to have the application send a message carrying arbitrary HTML, to an attacker-chosen address and from the form owner's configured sending identity, via the first_name field of the subscription request, which is interpolated unescaped into the double opt-in verification email.
Title HTML Injection in MailerUp double opt-in verification email
First Time appeared Maalfer
Maalfer mailerup
Weaknesses CWE-80
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:maalfer:mailerup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Maalfer
Maalfer mailerup
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Maalfer Mailerup
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Secur0

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T16:04:29.499Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T12:20:39.352Z

Link: CVE-2026-75872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T15:17:15.150

Modified: 2026-08-18T16:18:21.930

Link: CVE-2026-75872

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T16:45:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-80

    Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)