CVE-2026-19598

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and returns false instead of terminating the request, rendering all guards ineffective. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator or overwrite the password of any user account, including the site owner's, enabling complete site takeover, or perform another administrator action.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
36%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-19598(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 42× in last 7d / 42× 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 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 02:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-19 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-18 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-18 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-18 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-18 04:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-17 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-17 15:56 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-17 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-17 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-17 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-16 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-16 15:05 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-16 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-16 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-16 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-15 22:32 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-15 22:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-15 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-15 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-15 17:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-19598?
CVE-2026-19598 is a critical vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the podsadmin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce…
When was CVE-2026-19598 disclosed?
CVE-2026-19598 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-19598 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-19598 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 64.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-19598?
CVE-2026-19598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-19598?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-19598, 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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