CVE-2026-16042

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-02. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: 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 LWS Optimize WordPress plugin before 3.4 does not perform a capability check on its cache-clearing actions, allowing any authenticated user, including Subscribers, to flush the site's caches and force repeated cache rebuilds.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100CISA 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
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* 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, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
23rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* 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, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation public PoC (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 2, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

LWS Optimize < 3.4 – Subscriber+ Cache Deletion | CVE 2026-16042 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0ea45a09-3155-4e47-97f7-f7645d583565/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16042(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 / 61× 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 148 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 17:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-04 06:24 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-04 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-10-02 10:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-10-01 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-09-29 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-27 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-09-24 09:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-20 05:18 UTCEG score recompute
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  5. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-09-11 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-09-10 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-09-05 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  46. 2026-09-02 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  50. 2026-08-30 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-30 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-08-29 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-08-26 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  63. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  65. 2026-08-24 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  68. 2026-08-22 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  73. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-19 11:56 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-19 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16042?
CVE-2026-16042 is a medium vulnerability published on August 2, 2026. The LWS Optimize WordPress plugin before 3.4 does not perform a capability check on its cache-clearing actions, allowing any authenticated user, including Subscribers, to flush the site's caches and force repeated cache rebuilds.
When was CVE-2026-16042 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16042 was first published on August 2, 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-2026-16042 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16042 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (23rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16042?
CVE-2026-16042 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16042?
No fix for CVE-2026-16042 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-2026-16042 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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