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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-17520",
        "assignerOrgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "WPScan",
        "dateReserved": "2026-07-27T08:15:32.720Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-29T06:00:19.539Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-29T06:00:19.539Z"
    },
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                "shortName": "WPScan",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-08-29T06:00:19.539Z"
            },
            "title": "Newsletters < 4.17 - Unauthenticated API Access via Predictable API Key",
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "description": "CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "Unknown",
                    "product": "Newsletters",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "semver",
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "4.17"
                        }
                    ],
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                }
            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.17 does not generate its API key using a sufficiently random source, deriving it from a publicly known value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to compute the key and perform privileged actions such as adding and deleting subscribers and sending emails, when the optional API has been enabled."
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a719e6b-22e1-4950-bf17-cd92e2ea6685/",
                    "tags": [
                        "exploit",
                        "vdb-entry",
                        "technical-description"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Erwan LR (WPScan)",
                    "type": "finder"
                },
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "WPScan",
                    "type": "coordinator"
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
            },
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "WPScan CVE Generator"
            }
        }
    }
}