CVE-2026-28191 (GCVE-0-2026-28191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 13:59 – Updated: 2026-08-18 13:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.7.9.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Summary
Subscriber Privilege Escalation in The Grid <= 2.7.9.1 versions.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/… | vdb-entry |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme-One Inc. | The Grid |
Affected:
n/a , ≤ 2.7.9.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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