CVE-2024-37242 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37242: WordPress Newspack Newsletters plugin <= 2.13.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Automattic

Product Newspack Newsletters

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 2, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Newsletters newspack-newsletters allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Newspack Newsletters: from n/a through <= 2.13.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Newspack Newsletters versions up to 2.13.2 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the newsletter plugin without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions in Newspack Newsletters on behalf of a logged-in administrator.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker could modify newsletter settings, content, or subscriptions by tricking an admin into visiting a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Administrator must visit attacker-controlled webpage while logged into WordPress.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37242 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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