Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2026· Updated Aug 31, 2026
CVE-2026-17520
CVE-2026-17520
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <4.17
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 3, 2026