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CVE-2026-16256

Unknown POUCO Import Users — Pouco Import Users <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 42.7.427 × 208.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The POUCO Import Users WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not perform any capability or nonce checks on AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users that create and update WordPress accounts, and it trusts an attacker-supplied role value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and take over the site.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
POUCO Import Users≤ 1.0.0–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

exploitwpscan.com/vulnerability/c7442f47-7263-4cbb-8157-a4ac69953c95