CVE-2026-3551 | Custom New User Notification <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'User Mail Subject' Setting

The Custom New User Notification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on multiple settings fields including 'User Mail Subject', 'User From Name', 'User From Email', 'Admin Mail Subject', 'Admin From Name', and 'Admin From Email'. The settings are registered via register_setting() without sanitize callbacks, and the values retrieved via get_option() are echoed directly into HTML input value attributes without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin settings page that will execute whenever a user accesses that page. This could be used in multi-site installations where administrators of subsites could target super administrators.

Published: 2026-04-16 Last update: 2026-04-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-3551 is rated Low Risk (19.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-3551

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-16 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-3551

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-3551

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-3551

GHSA-4xx2-h7jh-g7ph · Severity: medium — The Custom New User Notification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-3551

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-3551

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L132
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L46
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L52
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L59
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L84
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/admin/includes.php#L97
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/tags/1.2.0/custom-new-user-notification.php#L63
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L132
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L46
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L52
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L59
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L84
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/admin/includes.php#L97
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-new-user-notification/trunk/custom-new-user-notification.php#L63
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