FKIE_CVE-2026-75908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 12:16 - Updated: 2026-09-28 23:10
Summary
The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.17. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to send arbitrary newsletter emails to users of any WordPress role, including administrators, by forging POST fields during a normal post submission. This allows an attacker-supplied role slug via the newsletters_mailinglistsroles POST field to be passed directly to get_users(), enabling unauthorized mass-mailing and potential phishing against privileged site users through the site's own outbound email channel.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version

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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Newsletters",
          "vendor": "contrid",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.17",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.17. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to send arbitrary newsletter emails to users of any WordPress role, including administrators, by forging POST fields during a normal post submission. This allows an attacker-supplied role slug via the newsletters_mailinglistsroles POST field to be passed directly to get_users(), enabling unauthorized mass-mailing and potential phishing against privileged site users through the site\u0027s own outbound email channel."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin Newsletters para WordPress es vulnerable a un bypass de autorizaci\u00f3n en todas las versiones hasta la 4.17, inclusive. Esto se debe a que el plugin no verifica correctamente que un usuario est\u00e1 autorizado para realizar una acci\u00f3n. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel de autor y superior, env\u00eden correos electr\u00f3nicos de boletines arbitrarios a usuarios de cualquier rol de WordPress, incluidos los administradores, falsificando campos POST durante el env\u00edo normal de una publicaci\u00f3n. Esto permite que un slug de rol proporcionado por el atacante a trav\u00e9s del campo POST newsletters_mailinglistsroles se pase directamente a get_users(), lo que permite el env\u00edo masivo no autorizado y potencial phishing contra usuarios privilegiados del sitio a trav\u00e9s del propio canal de correo electr\u00f3nico saliente del sitio."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-75908",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-28T23:10:00.143",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 1.4,
        "source": "security@wordfence.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ],
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        "ssvcData": {
          "id": "CVE-2026-75908",
          "options": [
            {
              "exploitation": "none"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "partial"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "timestamp": "2026-08-25T18:03:24.746884Z",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-08-25T12:16:24.927",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.17/includes/checkinit.php#L63"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.17/wp-mailinglist.php#L3897"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.17/wp-mailinglist.php#L3957"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.17/wp-mailinglist.php#L4114"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026old=3663788%40newsletters-lite\u0026new=3663788%40newsletters-lite"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1d3eddce-1b41-4a33-8d57-bd594cf06a06?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-862"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}



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