{"cve":"CVE-2026-44961","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-23T17:17:00.340","modified":"2026-10-26T11:10:00.157","status":"Deferred","description":"The XML‑RPC API addUser method has a validation bypass introduced in the fix for CVE‑2025‑55129. As a result, API users could create usernames that enabled impersonation or stored XSS attacks. Proper validation has been added where it was missing.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N","score":0.0},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["https://hackerone.com/reports/3680090"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T11:33:08.859761529+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-44961","score":0.00412,"percentile":0.35206,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}