CVE-2026-17522: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Newsletters
The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 does not perform any nonce or capability check when saving one of its settings screens, and writes every submitted parameter into its own options, allowing attackers to make a logged in administrator overwrite arbitrary Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 settings, including the credential protecting its API, via a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack.
CVE-2026-17522: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Newsletters
Description
The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 does not perform any nonce or capability check when saving one of its settings screens, and writes every submitted parameter into its own options, allowing attackers to make a logged in administrator overwrite arbitrary Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 settings, including the credential protecting its API, via a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T08:15:38.855Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a927ab4acd9273b496bde73
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 06:22:44 UTC
Last updated: 08/30/2026, 01:07:47 UTC
Views: 13
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