CVE-2025-67911
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 · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Tribulant Software Newsletters newsletters-lite allows Object Injection.This issue affects Newsletters: from n/a through <= 4.11.
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 confidenceThis is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Tribulant Newsletters WordPress plugin caused by unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. The flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious PHP objects, potentially leading to remote code execution, depending on available gadget chains in the application environment.
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CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 installedGo to WordPress Admin > Plugins and look for 'Newsletters' by Tribulant in the list of active pluginsAffected if The plugin is installed and active
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, click on the Newsletters plugin to view its version number. Compare this to the version in the vendor's security advisoryAffected if The installed version is older than the patched version listed in the plugin's changelog or security release notes
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Identify if the plugin's subscription form endpoint is exposedCheck if your site exposes the subscription form at /?na= or /wp-json/tribulant-newsletters/v1/subscribe or similar endpoints used by the pluginAffected if The subscription endpoint is publicly accessible without additional authentication
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Inspect server logs for deserialization-related errorsReview Apache/Nginx error logs and PHP error logs for notices containing 'unserialize', 'Object injection', or similar PHP warnings related to the newsletters pluginAffected if Unserialize errors or PHP object injection warnings appear in logs pointing to the newsletters plugin
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Check for unexpected PHP files in the uploads directoryLook in wp-content/uploads/ and subdirectories for newly created PHP files with suspicious names or base64-encoded content that were not uploaded intentionallyAffected if Unknown PHP files exist in uploads that you did not deliberately place there
You are affected if the Newsletters plugin is installed, the version is older than the patched release, and the subscription functionality is publicly accessible.
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 Newsletters plugin to the latest patched version immediately. As an interim measure, consider deploying a WAF rule to block deserialization-related payloads and disable the plugin if no patch is available.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-67911 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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