---
id: CVE-2026-120040
title: >-
  Mail logging & Catcher <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive
  Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation to Mail Log Viewer /
  Password-Reset Email Disclosure
summary: >-
  The Mail logging & Catcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive
  Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 via the
  'message' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with
  subscriber-…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: wardee
product: Mail logging & Catcher
affected:
  - mail_logging_catcher <= 2.2.0
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T15:26:19.305337Z'
published: '2026-10-31'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T15:26:30.629Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120040'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/599e46ed-a71c-41d1-839f-6bb76808a58f?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L259
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L101
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Loggers/WpMail.php#L42
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/TextMessage.php#L10
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/HtmlMessage.php#L9
  - url: 'https://github.com/JWardee/wp-mail-catcher/releases/tag/v2.3.0'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00282
epssPercentile: 0.20804
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.898Z'
---

## Overview

The Mail logging & Catcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 via the 'message' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract valid administrator password-reset keys from stored email logs and complete the WordPress password-reset flow to escalate privileges to administrator. Exploitation requires an administrator to have previously configured the plugin's default_view_role setting to a capability held by low-privileged users such as 'read'; on an untouched install the default of 'manage_options' restricts log access to administrators only.

## Affected

- `mail_logging_catcher <= 2.2.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.