Description
The MemberHero WordPress plugin through 6.9 does not perform any capability or nonce check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to make the site send arbitrary HTML emails to arbitrary recipients from its own mail system, which can be abused to relay phishing carrying the site's identity and domain reputation.
Published: 2026-10-11
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Arbitrary Email Relay
Action: Update Plugin
AI Analysis

Impact

The MemberHero WordPress plugin up to version 6.9 includes an AJAX handler named wpr_send_email_to_user that is executed without checking the user’s capability or a nonce. As a result, any authenticated user—including subscribers—can invoke the action to send arbitrary HTML e‑mail to any recipient using the site’s mail system. The impact is the ability to impersonate the site’s domain and craft phishing or spam messages that look legitimate, thereby harming the site’s reputation and potentially compromising recipients’ trust.

Affected Systems

MemberHero WordPress plugin versions up to and including 6.9. The vulnerability applies to any WordPress site that has one of these plugin versions installed; no other vendors or products are mentioned.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 reflects moderate severity, while the EPSS score of less than 1% indicates a low probability of exploitation at present. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and it can be abused by any authenticated user, which lowers the barrier to entry. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to send malicious emails that appear to come from the site’s domain, potentially impacting both the site’s reputation and the recipients’ trust.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 11, 2026 at 17:26 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the MemberHero plugin to the latest release that includes capability and nonce checks for the wpr_send_email_to_user endpoint.
  • If an immediate upgrade is not possible, modify the endpoint so that it verifies that the user has administrator privileges, either by adding a custom check or by using a role‑based restriction plugin.
  • Configure monitoring of outbound mail traffic and enforce strict SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records so that unexpected outgoing emails from the site’s domain are flagged or rejected.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 11, 2026 at 17:26 UTC.

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History

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-352

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-352

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The MemberHero WordPress plugin through 6.9 does not perform any capability or nonce check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to make the site send arbitrary HTML emails to arbitrary recipients from its own mail system, which can be abused to relay phishing carrying the site's identity and domain reputation.
Title Simple User Registration <= 6.9 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Email Sending via wpr_send_email_to_user
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-11T11:42:53.889Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T07:57:02.500Z

Link: CVE-2026-94235

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-11T11:30:10.105Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-11T07:17:29.420

Modified: 2026-10-13T16:29:21.907

Link: CVE-2026-94235

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-11T17:30:17Z

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