CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-16269

4.8 MEDIUM Published 2026-08-08 Modified 2026-08-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-08
Last modified
2026-08-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
4.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not strictly compare its API authentication key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the API authentication via type juggling and perform privileged actions such as modifying subscriber records and sending emails, when the optional API has been enabled.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References