CVE-2025-2009: Newsletters (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Newsletters (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| contrid Newsletters | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a fix is available, consider restricting access to the affected plugin's functionality or disabling the plugin if feasible to reduce exposure.
Description
The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the logging functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.9.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3825c80c-e4b1-4dd8-be77-38f718920b9a?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/trunk/views/admin/settings/view_logs.php?rev=3212300 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3257980/newsletters-lite/trunk/views/admin/settings/view_logs.php (opens in a new tab)