The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form response message post meta fields (e.g., 'text_subscribed', 'text_error') in all versions up to, and including, 4.12.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form response message post meta fields (e.g., 'text_subscribed', 'text_error') in all versions up to, and including, 4.12.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress <= 4.12.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Response Messages
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-22T13:27:15.451Z

Reserved: 2026-03-22T05:25:22.065Z

Link: CVE-2026-4561

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-22T14:16:33.080

Modified: 2026-08-22T14:16:33.080

Link: CVE-2026-4561

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T14:45:03Z

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