Broken access control in Wordable WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Wordable plugin for WordPress, in versions through 8.2.10, has a broken access control flaw. The plugin does not check whether a user is authorized to perform certain actions (CWE-862). An attacker with Subscriber-level access can exploit it over the network with low complexity, and the flaw has high confidentiality and integrity impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Wordable <= 8.2.10 versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Wordable.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40801
- 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-9q6p-p247-9mrr
References
More Wordable vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-18895 Wordable <= 3.1.1 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-40801 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40801 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9q6p-p247-9mrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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