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GHSA-66MX-CJH4-M7CX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-09 06:31 – Updated: 2026-08-11 21:32

Details

The Create WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not perform an authorization check before returning content over one of its REST API routes, and that route additionally publishes the requested content as a side effect, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content and to make it publicly available.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2026-08-11T21:32:29Z",
  "published": "2026-08-09T06:31:36Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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CVE-2026-16992 (GCVE-0-2026-16992)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-09 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-11 19:45

Title

Create by Mediavine < 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Unpublished Content Disclosure and Publication

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 19:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d85653f7-8556-4b…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Create	Affected: 0 , < 2.5.4 (semver)

Credits

Pedro Pinho WPScan

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GHSA-66MX-CJH4-M7CX

CVE-2026-16992 (GCVE-0-2026-16992)

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