Noptin <= 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via 'the_template_path' Merge-Tag Attribute via Stored Subscriber first_name
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.41% · 35th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 18/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Noptin newsletter plugin for WordPress, in all versions up to and including the affected release, lets an attacker remotely, without logging in, store a malicious first name that causes the site to include and run arbitrary PHP files, which can bypass access controls, expose sensitive data, or lead to code execution. The malicious code runs only after the site administrator sends a newsletter, so the attack depends on that user action.
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The Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 via the 'noptin_fields[first_name]' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. The public Manage Preferences page issues a nonce to unauthenticated visitors, meaning there is no effective authorization barrier — an unauthenticated attacker can store the malicious payload as their first_name and have it executed the next time any newsletter is sent by the site operator. Successful exploitation additionally requires an action by an administrator — the attacker cannot trigger the vulnerability on their own.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure7/25Reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity5.9/10CVSS 5.9
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 73 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 68 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 33 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- picocodes Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation
through 4.4.3
Evidence 8
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Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-119616
Is CVE-2026-119616 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119616?
Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation: through 4.4.3.Source: cve.now feed data