CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-14904

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Newsletter Email Subscribe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 2.4. Incorrect nonce validation on the nels_settings_page function allows unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings via a forged request, if they can trick an administrator into clicking a link.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes unauthorized modification of subscription settings, potentially leading to privacy breaches or misuse of the plugin for spam distribution.

Recommendation

Update the plugin to a version with nonce validation fixes and implement CSRF protections such as additional tokens in forms.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Newsletter Email Subscribe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4. This is due to incorrect nonce validation on the nels_settings_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS