NewslettersWordPress extension · Tribulant
CVE-2023-30478
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tribulant Newsletters plugin <= 4.8.8 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Tribulant Newsletters WordPress plugin affecting versions 4.8.8 and below. CSRF attacks exploit authenticated user sessions by tricking users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests, potentially allowing attackers to perform unauthorized actions within the plugin's functionality.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
NewslettersWordPress extension
<= 4.8.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the Tribulant Newsletters plugin is installedLog into the WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check the wp-content/plugins directory via file systemAffected if The plugin is not installed (not affected) or is installed (proceed to version check)
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Identify the installed version of Tribulant NewslettersIn the WordPress admin, find the plugin in the Installed Plugins list and read the version number displayed below the plugin name, or inspect the main plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/newsletters-lite/Affected if The installed version is 4.8.8 or lower, indicating the plugin is within the vulnerable version range
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Inspect plugin forms for missing nonce validationExamine the plugin PHP files (particularly form-handling files in wp-content/plugins/newsletters-lite/) and search for the presence or absence of wp_nonce_field() or check_admin_referer() calls in forms that perform state-changing operations such as saving settings, sending newsletters, or managing subscribersAffected if Forms handling sensitive operations lack nonce/token validation, meaning the CSRF protection described in the vulnerability summary is not implemented
A user is affected if the Tribulant Newsletters plugin is installed with version 4.8.8 or below and the plugin forms handling state-changing operations do not implement anti-CSRF nonce validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Tribulant Newsletters plugin to a version newer than 4.8.8. Additionally, implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonce validation) in plugin forms and state-changing operations to prevent future CSRF vulnerabilities.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-30478 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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