Medium severity · published Jan 17, 2026
CVE-2026-0691
CM E-Mail Blacklist <= 1.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'black_email' Parameter
4.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'black_email' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CE
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration · creativemindssolutions
through 1.6.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
CE
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration
creativemindssolutions
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0691
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0691
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-email-blacklist/tags/1.6.2/backend/views/settings/email_blacklist.phtml#L67
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-email-blacklist/trunk/backend/views/settings/email_blacklist.phtml#L67
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3440158%40cm-email-blacklist&new=3440158%40cm-email-blacklist&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/821f4ea9-bc25-4d65-9058-5b77c4f1b230?source=cve
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