CVE-2026-17520

Summary

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 does not generate its API key using a sufficiently random source, deriving it from a publicly known value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to compute the key and perform privileged actions such as adding and deleting subscribers and sending emails, when the optional API has been enabled.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
UnknownNewsletters0 < 4.17affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References