CVE-2026-75908 (GCVE-0-2026-75908)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 11:27 – Updated: 2026-08-25 18:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Newsletters <= 4.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Modification via 'newsletters_mailinglistsroles' POST Parameter
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-25 18:03 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| contrid | Newsletters |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 4.17
(semver)
|
guessed |
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Nomenclature
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