CVE-2026-11801

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-18. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.6%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve internal site configuration data exposed by the classifieds-types REST endpoint, including registered post types, labels, associated taxonomies, form scheme metadata, contact options, and custom field meta keys.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
1.6%
EPSS %ILE
75th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

References (5)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11801(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 99× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 174 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 09:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 21:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-03 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-03 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 01:33 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-10-01 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-30 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-30 09:56 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-30 09:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-28 21:58 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-28 21:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-28 09:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-27 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-27 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-27 08:03 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-27 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-25 01:48 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-25 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-24 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-23 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-23 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-23 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-23 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-22 23:47 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-22 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-22 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-21 00:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-20 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-19 23:43 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-19 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-19 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-18 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-18 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-18 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-17 11:12 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-17 11:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-16 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-16 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-16 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-16 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-09-16 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-15 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-15 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-15 00:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-14 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-13 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-13 01:32 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-09-13 01:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-09-12 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-12 02:04 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-12 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-09-11 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-11 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-09-11 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-10 14:51 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-10 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-09-10 03:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-09 15:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-09 03:34 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-09 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-09-07 22:15 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-07 22:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-09-07 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-06 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-09-06 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-09-06 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-05 21:52 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-09-05 21:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-05 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-11801.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    WPAdverts <= 2.3.2 - Information Disclosure

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-11801?
CVE-2026-11801 is a high vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. The WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to…
When was CVE-2026-11801 disclosed?
CVE-2026-11801 was first published on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-11801 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-11801 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (75th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-11801?
CVE-2026-11801 has a CVSS base score of 7.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-11801?
No fix for CVE-2026-11801 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-11801 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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