Newsletters <= 4.9.9.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Newsletters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the logging functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.9.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2009
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cj35-9cvv-pm9f
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3825c80c-e4b1-4dd8-be77-38f718920b9a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/trunk/views/admin/settings/view_logs.php?rev=3212300#L107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3257980/newsletters-lite/trunk/views/admin/settings/view_logs.php
More contrid vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04414 Newsletter Lite < 4.9.3 - Admin+ Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2014-04458 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2018-14949 The newsletters-lite plugin before 4.6.8.6 for WordPress has PHP object injection. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-12822 SQL Injection exists in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin 1.6.8 for WordPress via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10994 wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_exportmultiple in the Tribulant Newsletters… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-02607 Newsletters <= 4.13 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via wpmlsubscriber_id Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-2009 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2009 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cj35-9cvv-pm9f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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