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.
Published: 2026-08-29
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-352

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Newsletters < 4.17 - Arbitrary Plugin Option Update via CSRF
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-30T00:56:53.030Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T08:15:38.855Z

Link: CVE-2026-17522

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-30T00:49:52.886Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-29T06:17:12.290

Modified: 2026-08-30T01:20:21.647

Link: CVE-2026-17522

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-30T03:30:08Z

Weaknesses