VulnerabilityPublished 24 Dec 2025Updated 28 Apr 2026

CVE-2025-68529: Rhys Wynne WP Email Capture · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affects Rhys Wynne WP Email CaptureSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Rhys Wynne WP Email Capture	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is released, users should consider implementing CSRF protections such as nonce verification or restricting access to trusted users. Monitoring vendor channels for updates is recommended.

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rhys Wynne WP Email Capture wp-email-capture allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects WP Email Capture: from n/a through <= 3.12.5.

Impact

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause an authenticated user to perform unintended actions within the WP Email Capture plugin, potentially altering plugin settings or data. The impact is limited to integrity with no confidentiality or availability effects. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.

Summary

CVE-2025-68529 is a CSRF vulnerability in the WP Email Capture WordPress plugin developed by Rhys Wynne. The issue affects all versions up to 3.12.5 and allows attackers to perform unauthorized state-changing actions by exploiting the lack of proper CSRF protections. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Confidentiality and availability impacts are none, with only a low impact on integrity.

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-email-capture/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-email-capture-plugin-3-12-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve (opens in a new tab)

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