Cross-site request forgery in WordPress Newsletters plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Tribulant Software's Newsletters WordPress plugin (newsletters-lite) through 4.18.2 is affected. The plugin does not adequately protect requests against cross-site request forgery (CWE-352). A remote attacker can trick a user into submitting a forged request, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tribulant Software Newsletters newsletters-lite allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Newsletters: from n/a through 4.18.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribulant Software | Newsletters | up to 4.18.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Newsletters VendorTribulant Software Affected up to 4.18.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Newsletters.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116863
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-r394-jh8x-rp4v
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
More Tribulant Software vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-80046 PHP object injection in WordPress Newsletters plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-41520 WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.11 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-80049 SQL injection in WordPress Newsletters plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-39643 WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.13 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-33879 WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.10 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-41470 WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.13 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-116863 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116863 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r394-jh8x-rp4v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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