CVE-2026-86709

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.6%

Critical (9.8). EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Pressengine WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not stop its login handler from issuing a session when authentication fails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2026-09-17
Modified: 2026-09-18
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4b0b16eb-c638-479b-ab65-1cead53f32a8/

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