Newsletter < 7.4.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.6 does not escape and sanitise the preheader_text setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00588 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress (Unknown): 7.4.6
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress | 7.4.6 to before 7.4.6 | 7.4.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress VendorUnknown Affected 7.4.6 to before 7.4.6 Fixed in 7.4.6 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:thenewsletterplugin:newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 7.4.6 | Vulnerable | Thenewsletterplugin |
- cpe:2.3:a:thenewsletterplugin:newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 7.4.6 Vulnerable ·Thenewsletterplugin
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 7.4.6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1889
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qf3v-9qqm-2rm9
References
More Thenewsletterplugin Newsletter vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-03153 Newsletter < 8.8.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Subscription CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-03152 Newsletter < 8.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-03151 Newsletter < 8.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Form CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-03150 Newsletter < 8.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2022-01622 Newsletter < 7.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-12513 Cross-site scripting in Stefano Lissa & The Newsletter Team Newsletter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-1889 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-1889 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qf3v-9qqm-2rm9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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