CVE-2026-5727CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-5727

Medium · published October 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to publish their own Hello+ header/footer templates and draft currently active templates owned by higher-privileged users.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00227 · 12.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-10-10T09:16Z
References (3)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-parts/components/document.php · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-parts/documents/ehp-document-base.php · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f1e0b89-9bac-4a3b-bb8c-278449789214?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 10 OCT 04:26Z
    Hello Plus <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Template Activation via hello_plus_set_as_entire_site
    cvelistv5
  • 10 OCT 04:26Z
    Hello Plus <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Template Activation via hello_plus_set_as_entire_site
    cvelistv5