Plugins · speakout · data as of 2026-11-04
Is SpeakOut! Email Petitions safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 4.6.6
- Last updated
- 2026-09-15
- Active installs
- 2,000+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
SpeakOut! Email Petitions makes it easy to add petitions to your website and rally your community to Speak Out about a cause by using direct action. — by DigitalME
What to do
- Update to the latest version (4.6.6). Anything older than 4.6.5.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get speakout --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update speakout updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
3 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
critical 9.3 CVE-2026-39530 · published 2026-06-15
SQL injection in SpeakOut! Email Petitions (4.6.5 and older)
- Affected
- 4.6.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.6.5.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated SQL Injection in SpeakOut! Email Petitions <= 4.6.5 versions.
medium 6.5 CVE-2025-22309 · published 2025-01-07
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in SpeakOut! Email Petitions (4.4.2 and older)
- Affected
- 4.4.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.5.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in RopeSwingHld SpeakOut! Email Petitions speakout allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects SpeakOut! Email Petitions: from n/a through <= 4.4.2.
critical 9.8 CVE-2022-0846 · published 2022-03-28
SQL injection in SpeakOut! Email Petitions (older than 2.14.15.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.14.15.1
- Fixed in
- 2.14.15.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The SpeakOut! Email Petitions WordPress plugin before 2.14.15.1 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the dk_speakout_sendmail AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users
Recent activity
- 2026-09-15 — latest release on wordpress.org (4.6.6).
- 2026-06-15 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2026-39530), fixed in 4.6.5.1.
- 2025-01-07 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-22309), fixed in 4.5.0.
- 2022-03-28 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2022-0846), fixed in 2.14.15.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by DigitalME (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: SQL injection (2) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/speakout (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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