{"cve":"CVE-2023-4772","nvd":{"published":"2023-09-07T02:15:08.033","modified":"2026-06-17T06:38:34.040","status":"Modified","description":"The Newsletter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'newsletter_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.8.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletter/tags/7.8.9/subscription/subscription.php#L1653","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955097/newsletter#file21","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87da5300-1add-44fc-a3e0-e8912f946c84?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletter/tags/7.8.9/subscription/subscription.php#L1653","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955097/newsletter#file21"],"products":["thenewsletterplugin:newsletter"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:24.235896374+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-4772","score":0.00508,"percentile":0.43402,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}