CVE-2026-96897

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-role account and to repeatedly rotate its application password on any connected install.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-09-27
Modified: 2026-09-28
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9fd04f4-282d-486f-8561-dbf02250282a/

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