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CVE-2026-86709

Unknown The Pressengine — The Pressengine <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
39
CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 50.0.500 × 2010.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
The Pressengine≤ 1.0–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/4b0b16eb-c638-479b-ab65-1cead53f32a8