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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5486

The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0.

Published Jun 6, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 6, 2025 · WP Email Debug

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5486. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of WP Email Debug is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.50%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor dr_scythe WP Email Debug 1.0 ≤1.1.0

The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging and send all emails to an attacker controlled address and then trigger a password reset for an administrator to gain access to an administrator account.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor dr_scythe WP Email Debug 1.0 ≤1.1.01.0 ≤1.1.0

How to fix CVE-2025-5486

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5486. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of WP Email Debug is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with dr_scythe WP Email Debug 1.0 ≤1.1.0 1.0 ≤1.1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.50%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging and send all emails to an attacker controlled address and then trigger a password reset for an administrator to gain access to an administrator acc

  2. Jun 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging and send all emails to an attacker controlled address and then trigger a password reset for an administrator to gain access to an administrator acc

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5486

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5486

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17069

    The WP Email Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the WPMDBUG_handle_settings() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable debugging and send all emails to an a

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.