CVE-2026-12938 | The Newsletters Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to S… | CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM

Description

The Newsletters Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'target' attribute of the [newsletters_post] shortcode in versions up to and including 4.15. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the posts_single() function which propagates the attacker-controlled 'target' attribute into the global $wpml_target, and in the shortcode_posts() 'post_thumbnail' handler which concatenates $wpml_target into a target="..." HTML attribute without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-12938
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-06-22 19:35 UTC
Published: 2026-07-29 01:29 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-29 01:29 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-79
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gene…
Vendor / Product: contrid / Newsletters
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.4 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
contrid	Newsletters	—	0 ≤ 4.15

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-79	cna	CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.4	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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