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CVE-2018-20853: An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress. The plugin is vulnerable to SPAM attacks.

medium Affects wysija-newsletters (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

An issue was discovered in the MailPoet Newsletters (aka wysija-newsletters) plugin before 2.8.2 for WordPress. The plugin is vulnerable to SPAM attacks.

Package
wysija-newsletters (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.8.2
Fixed in
2.8.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (61.1th percentile)
Published
2019-11-06
Source
nvd

References

NVD recordwysija-newsletters (WordPress plugin) advisories

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