CVE-2026-13173

LOWPre-NVD 2.72.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 2.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-19. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 2.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
2.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 2.7Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.21 does not verify the current user's permission to edit other users before assigning roles and updating user metadata during speaker creation, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to modify other users' roles and metadata.

CVSS v3
2.7
EG Score
2.7LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
12
EG Risk 12/100CISA 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
Severity27% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
18th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (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 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-13173(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 9× in last 7d / 37× 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. 2026-10-05 05:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-01 22:50 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-01 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-28 11:25 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-28 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-25 05:58 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-25 05:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-23 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-22 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-22 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-18 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-18 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-15 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-15 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-12 08:11 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-12 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-09 02:44 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-09 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-05 09:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-05 09:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-02 03:47 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-02 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-29 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-29 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-26 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-26 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-26 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-26 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-22 18:46 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-22 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-19 13:19 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.70
  39. 2026-08-19 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-19 13:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 2.7 · severity → LOW
  41. 2026-08-19 06:21 UTCNVD update
  42. 2026-08-19 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-19 06:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-13173?
CVE-2026-13173 is a low vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.21 does not verify the current user's permission to edit other users before assigning roles and updating user metadata during speaker creation, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to modify other users' roles and metadata.
When was CVE-2026-13173 disclosed?
CVE-2026-13173 was first published on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-13173 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-13173 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (18th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-13173?
CVE-2026-13173 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-13173?
No fix for CVE-2026-13173 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-2026-13173 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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