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TI-2025-02562 Aliases CVE-2025-2933GHSA-hvwq-39r8-6778

Email Notifications for Updates <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The Email Notifications for Updates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the awun_import_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site. CVE-2025-26741 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00396 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AWEOS GmbHEmail Notifications for Updatesup to 1.1.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Email Notifications for Updates VendorAWEOS GmbH Affected up to 1.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2933
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hvwq-39r8-6778

References

Other 2

  • TI-2025-19657 WordPress Email Notifications for Updates <= 1.1.6 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-30019 WordPress AWEOS WP Lock plugin <= 1.4.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9

Sources

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