SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-16267

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserialising a value taken from a public form submission, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP objects.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.16 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserialising a value taken from a public form submission, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP objects.

CVSS 3.1
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.27% probability · 19th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.