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CVE-2026-83555: Email Subscribers & Newsletters (WordPress plugin) · Missing Authorization

Affects Email Subscribers & Newsletters (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to 5.9.35 when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.9.35
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Email Subscribers & Newsletters (WordPress plugin) to 5.9.35.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Email Subscribers & NewslettersAffected
  • <5.9.35
Fixed in
  • 5.9.35

AI-suggested

Upgrade the Email Subscribers & Newsletters plugin to version 5.9.35 or later where this authorization check is implemented. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

The Email Subscribers & Newsletters WordPress plugin before 5.9.35 does not verify the per-subscriber management token before changing a subscriber's subscription status, allowing unauthenticated users to force-unsubscribe or force-confirm an arbitrary subscriber whose email address they know.

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