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GHSA-96PG-7J2J-VMJM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-26 09:30 – Updated: 2026-09-26 09:30

Details

The Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not perform a capability or ownership check when handling its front-end testimonial submission form, allowing unauthenticated users to modify or create arbitrary posts, including overwriting the title, content and author of any existing post.

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  "modified": "2026-09-26T09:30:20Z",
  "published": "2026-09-26T09:30:20Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96532"
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      "type": "WEB",
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CVE-2026-96532 (GCVE-0-2026-96532)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-26 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-26 06:00

Title

Testimonials Widget <= 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Update

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1372d8a-6654-4d…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Testimonials Widget	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.4 (semver)

Credits

Naiches WPScan

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              "version": "0",
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          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Naiches"
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          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1372d8a-6654-4da7-a07e-87b18a0b0db9/"
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      "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
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      "title": "Testimonials Widget \u003c= 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Update",
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    "datePublished": "2026-09-26T06:00:21.301Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-23T11:24:56.363Z",
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