VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-17520
CVSS score4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-29
Last modified2026-08-31
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-326