CVE-2026-14931

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-31. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

The JS Help Desk WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 grants a support-agent capability to the Contributor role on activation and does not perform a capability check on a user-listing handler, allowing Contributor-level users to enumerate the email addresses of all registered WordPress users.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
13%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 31, 2026

Last Modified

July 31, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 31, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 – Contributor+ User Email Disclosure | CVE 2026-14931 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/852375ba-b8f5-4fef-8a37-d889d97227f0/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14931(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 19× in last 7d / 63× 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. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 09:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 09:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 08:38 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-18 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 07:16 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 07:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 06:35 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-15 05:55 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-15 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-14 05:14 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-14 05:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-13 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-13 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-12 03:52 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-12 03:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-11 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-11 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-10 02:30 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-10 02:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-09 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-09 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-08 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-08 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-07 00:27 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-07 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-05 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-05 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-04 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-04 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-04 15:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-03 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-03 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-02 21:43 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-02 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-01 21:02 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-01 21:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-31 20:21 UTCEG score recompute 6.50
  34. 2026-07-31 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-31 20:18 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  36. 2026-07-31 07:24 UTCNVD update
  37. 2026-07-31 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-07-31 06:28 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14931?
CVE-2026-14931 is a medium vulnerability published on July 31, 2026. The JS Help Desk WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 grants a support-agent capability to the Contributor role on activation and does not perform a capability check on a user-listing handler, allowing Contributor-level users to enumerate the email addresses of all registered WordPress users.
When was CVE-2026-14931 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14931 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14931 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14931 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 87.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14931?
CVE-2026-14931 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14931?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14931, 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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