CVE-2026-16992CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-16992

Medium · published August 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Create WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not perform an authorization check before returning content over one of its REST API routes, and that route additionally publishes the requested content as a side effect, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content and to make it publicly available.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00275 · 18.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-08-09T10:18Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d85653f7-8556-4bac-8860-fbacc63ba5df/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 AUG 06:00Z
    Create by Mediavine < 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Unpublished Content Disclosure and Publication
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