CVE-2025-3583

The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 8.7.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6582e14-e21e-48e7-9b4c-0044fb199825/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:thenewsletterplugin:newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

07 May 2025, 16:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-05 06:15

Updated : 2025-05-07 16:36

NVD link : CVE-2025-3583

Mitre link : CVE-2025-3583

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-3583

JSON object : View

Products Affected

thenewsletterplugin

newsletter

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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