CVE-2026-57410
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in MailerPress Team MailerPress mailerpress allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MailerPress: from n/a through <= 2.0.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in MailerPress plugin versions through 2.0.2 allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their assigned role should permit, enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm MailerPress plugin is installedLog into the WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'MailerPress' in the list of active plugins.Affected if MailerPress appears in the installed plugins list
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Identify the installed MailerPress versionIn the WordPress admin, find the MailerPress plugin entry. The version number is displayed below the plugin name in the 'Version' column. Alternatively, inspect the main plugin file header via file manager or FTP to read the 'Version:' field in the plugin comment block.Affected if The version displayed is 2.0.2 or lower (e.g., 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0.0, 1.x.x)
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Verify authenticated user access existsReview the WordPress Users menu to confirm there are user accounts with various roles (Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, or custom roles) registered on the site.Affected if At least one authenticated user account exists on the WordPress site
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Check for unauthorized administrative accessTest whether users with non-administrator roles (such as Subscriber or Contributor) can access WordPress admin pages, access /wp-admin/admin.php directly, or execute plugin functions that should be restricted to administrators. Inspect user role capabilities in Users > Roles or use a role inspector plugin to compare assigned capabilities against expected baseline capabilities for each role.Affected if Users with Subscriber, Contributor, or Author roles can access administrative functions, modify plugin settings, or execute actions reserved for Administrator role
A user is affected if MailerPress plugin version 2.0.2 or lower is installed and any non-administrator user account can access or modify administrative functions beyond their assigned role permissions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade MailerPress to the latest version following the vendor's security release, which should contain proper role-based access control enforcement.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-57410 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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