High severity8.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-0218
CVE-2022-0218
Description
The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=3.0.9
- Range: 3.0.9
- cpe:2.3:a:codemiq:wordpress_email_template_designer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=3.0.9
Patches
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References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656984/wp-html-mail/trunk/includes/class-template-designer.phpnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/unauthenticated-xss-vulnerability-patched-in-html-email-template-designer-plugin/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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