CVE-2026-16592

LOWPre-NVD 2.72.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 2.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-15. 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: 0.2%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 WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin through 1.5.7 does not check authorization or listing visibility in one of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to disclose non-public listing content, including password-protected and hidden fields, belonging to other users.

CVSS v3
2.7
EG Score
2.7LOWhigh 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
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
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

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16592(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 10× in last 7d / 32× 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. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-03 12:01 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-03 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-30 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-30 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-27 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-27 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-25 04:29 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-25 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-22 10:03 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-22 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-19 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-19 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-16 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-16 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-15 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-15 14:33 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.70
  3. 2026-09-15 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-15 14:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 2.7 · severity → LOW
  5. 2026-09-15 06:28 UTCNVD update
  6. 2026-09-15 06:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-15 06:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16592?
CVE-2026-16592 is a low vulnerability published on September 15, 2026. The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin through 1.5.7 does not check authorization or listing visibility in one of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to disclose non-public listing content, including password-protected and hidden fields, belonging to other users.
When was CVE-2026-16592 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16592 was first published on September 15, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16592 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16592 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16592?
CVE-2026-16592 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16592?
No fix for CVE-2026-16592 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-2026-16592 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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