CVE-2026-0691: CM E-Mail Blacklist (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects CM E-Mail Blacklist (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.4 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Jan 2026
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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| creativemindssolutionsCM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is available, restrict administrator access to trusted users only, and consider enabling unfiltered_html capability if feasible to mitigate the impact. Monitor for updates from creativemindssolutions regarding patches or official workarounds.
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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/821f4ea9-bc25-4d65-9058-5b77c4f1b230?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-email-blacklist/trunk/backend/views/settings/email_blacklist.phtml (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-email-blacklist/tags/1.6.2/backend/views/settings/email_blacklist.phtml (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3440158%40cm-email-blacklist&new=3440158%40cm-email-blacklist&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)