WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.16.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.58% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: brandtoss WP Mailster 1.8.17.0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to brandtoss WP Mailster 1.8.17.0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in brandtoss WP Mailster wp-mailster allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects WP Mailster: from n/a through <= 1.8.16.0.
- Published
- Dec 6, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 47th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-201
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.5
- CNA · Patchstack
- 7.5
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wpmailster | wp mailster | cpe:2.3:a:wpmailster:wp_mailster |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- wpmailster wp mailsterbefore 1.8.17
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
brandtoss WP Mailster
- up to and including 1.8.16.0affectedfixed in 1.8.17.0
Same product
wpmailster: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-53807WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.16.0 - SQL Injection vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2024-53805WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.16.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2024-54355WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.17.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability35Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-11782Dec 3, 2024 · WP Mailster <= 1.8.17.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-53803Dec 6, 2024 · WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.16.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability35Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-22303Jan 7, 2025 · WordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.17.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| brandtoss WP Mailster | 1.8.17.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- MikaPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-2230332 days apartWordPress WP Mailster plugin <= 1.8.17.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent DataCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Choosing Message IdentifierCAPEC-12likelihood: High · High
- Exploiting Incorrectly Configured SSL/TLSCAPEC-217likelihood: Low
- WiFi MAC Address TrackingCAPEC-612Low
- WiFi SSID TrackingCAPEC-613Low
- Cellular Broadcast Message RequestCAPEC-618Low
- Signal Strength TrackingCAPEC-619Low
- Analysis of Packet Timing and SizesCAPEC-621Low
- Electromagnetic Side-Channel AttackCAPEC-622Low
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.