Information disclosure in Five Star Business Profile and Schema
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Five Star Business Profile and Schema WordPress plugin before 2.4.0 does not properly restrict the callbacks used to resolve schema field default values, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to store input that discloses sensitive data, including other users' password hashes and arbitrary site option values, in public output readable by unauthenticated visitors.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Five Star Business Profile and Schema | 2.3.20 to before 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Five Star Business Profile and Schema VendorUnknown Affected 2.3.20 to before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Five Star Business Profile and Schema (Unknown) Fixed in 2.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86817
- 2026-10-04 Alias added: GHSA-qpw5-3rj5-433c
- 2026-10-05 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-05 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-86817 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86817 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qpw5-3rj5-433c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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