WordPress New User Approve plugin <= 3.2.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in myCred New User Approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through 3.2.8.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00294 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-28163
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3ph6-9wp8-h8w5
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- TI-2026-29462 WordPress myCred plugin <= 3.0.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-28163 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-28163 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3ph6-9wp8-h8w5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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