CVE-2026-17520

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNewsletters
PublishedAug 29, 2026
First seenAug 29, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-326CWE-326

How to fix

Update
  • Newsletters4.17 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Newslettersv < 4.174.17

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