Medium severity · published Jul 29, 2026
CVE-2026-12939
Newsletters <= 4.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'link' Shortcode Attribute
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Newsletters Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link' attribute of the post_thumbnail (and newsletters_post_thumbnail) shortcodes in versions up to and including 4.15. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the post_thumbnail() method in helpers/shortcode.php, which concatenates the user-controlled $link shortcode attribute directly into an href attribute without esc_url() or 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Newsletters · contrid
through 4.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12939
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12939
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.php#L327
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.php#L337
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.php#L782
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/includes/checkinit.php#L182
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3621582%40newsletters-lite&new=3621582%40newsletters-lite
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ca8ab94-45b8-4705-b23b-dbc743572121?source=cve
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