Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-12757Email Subscribers & Newsletters <= 5.9.27 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Subscriber Name Field
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress from icegram. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.27. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| icegram | Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress | 0 – through 5.9.27 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d9b4448-2b63-4704-ac9e-c4db4784638c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/workflows/actions/class-es-action-send-email.php#L188
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-mailer.php#L1133
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.26/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L260
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/workflows/actions/class-es-action-send-email.php#L188
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-mailer.php#L1133
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/tags/5.9.22/lite/includes/classes/class-es-handle-subscription.php#L260