THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-16269 — The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not strictly compare its API authentication key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the API authentication via type juggling and perform privileged actions such as modifying subscriber records and sending emails, when th
[NVD] CVE-2026-16269 — The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not strictly compare its API authentication key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the API authentication via type juggling and perform privileged actions such as modifying subscriber records and sending emails, when th
CVE-2026-16269 CVSS: None Published: 2026-08-08T07:17:09.790
The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not strictly compare its API authentication key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the API authentication via type juggling and perform privileged actions such as modifying subscriber records and sending emails, when the optional API has been enabled.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-16269cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16269