Plugins · wp-mail-gateway · data as of 2026-11-04
Is WP Mail Gateway safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.8.1
- Last updated
- 2026-04-25
- Active installs
- 60+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 5.4.25 · PHP 5.6+
Send email from your Wordpress site via SMTP and other 3rd party mail gateway provider. Current it supports Amazon SES, Mailgun, Mandrill, Mailjet, Po … — by Shaharia Azam
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.8.1). Anything older than 1.8.1 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 wp-mail-gateway --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-mail-gateway updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
1 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.
high 8.8 CVE-2026-6963 · published 2026-05-02
Privilege escalation in WP Mail Gateway (1.8 and older)
- Affected
- 1.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.8.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The WP Mail Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wmg_save_provider_config AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update SMTP settings and redirect mail which can be used for privilege escalation by triggering a password reset email and using that to access and administrator's account.
NVD CVE-2026-6963Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-04-25 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.8.1).
- 2026-05-02 — Privilege escalation disclosed (CVE-2026-6963), fixed in 1.8.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Privilege escalation (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-gateway (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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