CVE-2025-13496 Moosend Landing Pages <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Option Deletion
Authenticated subscribers can delete the Moosend API key option due to missing capability checks in the WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13496?
CVE-2025-13496 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Moosend Landing Pages, published on 7 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Moosend Landing Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the moosend_landings_auth_get function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete the 'moosend_landing_api_key' option value.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13496?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9559-p8wg-q54v.