{"id":"CVE-2026-17520","title":"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 …","summary":"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 …","severity":"medium","cvss":4.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-326"],"published":"2026-08-29","updated":"2026-08-30","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17520","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a719e6b-22e1-4950-bf17-cd92e2ea6685/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00121,"epssPercentile":0.0219,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-30T07:49:06.836Z","slug":"CVE-2026-17520","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":26.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}