Vulnerability in GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress — CVE-2026-111577

What to do now

Update GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress to 1.2.5 or later.

Affected versions

• Everything before 1.2.5

The GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to 1.2.5. This is due to insufficient restriction on the capabilities a user may grant themselves. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom role-level access and above, to elevate their privileges beyond those intended for their role.

This description is reproduced verbatim from the public vulnerability record.

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/203f20b0-5bf1-457c-b8fa-7788d21fa32f?source=api-prod

Part of this record comes from Wordfence Intelligence. Original: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/203f20b0-5bf1-457c-b8fa-7788d21fa32f
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