Editor role can read site-wide email API key in weMail plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The weMail WordPress plugin through 2.1.6 does not restrict a site-wide third-party email-service API key to administrators. Users with the Editor role can reach an admin screen that exposes the key, so an attacker with Editor access can obtain a reusable credential that works without a WordPress session. That credential can be used to impersonate other users and sever the site's email-service connection. The flaw is tracked as CWE-200, exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor, and a public exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
The weMail WordPress plugin through 2.1.6 does not restrict a site-wide third-party email-service API key to administrators, exposing it in an admin screen that users with the Editor role can reach by default, which allows them to obtain a reusable credential usable without a WordPress session to impersonate other users and sever the site's email-service connection.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | weMail | up to 2.1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- weMail VendorUnknown Affected up to 2.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for weMail.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104648
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-933g-gq9w-6rm8
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-104648 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104648 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-933g-gq9w-6rm8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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