CVE-2026-86709
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-86709, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-17

Last updated on: 2026-09-18

Assigner: WPScan

Description

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.

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Published
2026-09-17
Last Modified
2026-09-18
Generated
2026-09-20
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD

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CWE ID Description
CWE-287 When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

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