CVE-2026-12690

LOWPre-NVD 3.83.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-24. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 3.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
3.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.7 does not perform a capability check on its license management actions, relying only on a nonce that is exposed to any logged-in user, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to overwrite the site's premium license settings.

CVSS v3
3.8
EG Score
3.8(high)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

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
Severity38% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12690(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 14× in last 7d / 18× 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.

  1. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-29 00:26 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-29 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-26 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-26 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-24 20:13 UTCEG score recompute▲ 3.80
  13. 2026-07-24 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-24 20:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 3.8 · severity → LOW
  15. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-24 08:11 UTCNVD update
  17. 2026-07-24 06:37 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-24 06:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12690?
CVE-2026-12690 is a low vulnerability published on July 24, 2026. The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.9.9.7 does not perform a capability check on its license management actions, relying only on a nonce that is exposed to any logged-in user, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to overwrite the site's premium license settings.
When was CVE-2026-12690 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12690 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12690 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12690 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12690?
CVE-2026-12690 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12690?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12690, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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