CVE-2025-5486 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting versions 1.0 to 1.1.0 of the WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress. The flaw, stemming from a missing capability check, allows unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging, redirect emails to an attacker-controlled address, and subsequently trigger an administrator password reset to gain full account access. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Scythe | WP Email Debug | >= 1.0, <= 1.1.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.