---
title: "CVE-2026-120040: WordPress Mail logging & Catcher - Sensitive Information Exposure & Privilege Escalation"
description: "Mail logging & Catcher plugin for WordPress <= 2.2.0 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by improper access control on the 'message' parameter, letting authenticated subscribers extract admin password-reset keys and escalate privileges, exploit requires plugin default_view_role misconfiguration."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-120040/
---

# CVE-2026-120040 WordPress Mail logging & Catcher - Sensitive Information Exposure & Privilege Escalation

Mail logging & Catcher plugin for WordPress <= 2.2.0 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by improper access control on the 'message' parameter, letting authenticated subscribers extract admin password-reset keys and escalate privileges, exploit requires plugin default\_view\_role misconfiguration.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120040)

## Details

Type

Sensitive Information Exposure

Impact

Information Disclosure, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

31 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 2.2.0 or apply the latest security patches.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120040](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120040)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/HtmlMessage.php#L9](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/HtmlMessage.php#L9)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/TextMessage.php#L10](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Views/TextMessage.php#L10)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/599e46ed-a71c-41d1-839f-6bb76808a58f?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/599e46ed-a71c-41d1-839f-6bb76808a58f?source=cve)
- [https://github.com/JWardee/wp-mail-catcher/releases/tag/v2.3.0](https://github.com/JWardee/wp-mail-catcher/releases/tag/v2.3.0)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L101](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L101)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L259](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Bootstrap.php#L259)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Loggers/WpMail.php#L42](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-catcher/tags/2.2.0/src/Loggers/WpMail.php#L42)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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