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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Newsletters | < 4.17 | 4.17 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a719e6b-22e1-4950-bf17-cd92e2ea6685/ exploit vdb-entry technical-description