CVE-2025-2009

Summary

CVE-2025-2009 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Newsletters plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 4.9.9.7, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's logging functionality. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious web scripts, which then execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. The potential consequences of this flaw can range from defacement to data theft or even site takeover. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the plugin as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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