01 Record
CVE-2026-17520
Newsletters < 4.17 - Unauthenticated API Access via Predictable API Key
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: WPScan
CNA base score4.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Newsletters < 4.17 - Unauthenticated API Access via Predictable API Key
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-31.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-29 06:00Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-30 00:56Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-27
- Assigning CNA
- WPScan
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326Inadequate Encryption StrengthClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 643ecf5768d97e34f7a3bba08ee5aaeb3c4166a6457351537f0db43980237b30
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms