CVE-2026-28163

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Missing Authorization vulnerability in myCred New User Approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through 3.2.8.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: 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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 20, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Broken Access Control in WordPress New User Approve Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/new-user-approve/vulnerability/wordpress-new-user-approve-plugin-3-2-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28163(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 7× in last 7d / 7× 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 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-20 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 12:42 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 12:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-28163?
CVE-2026-28163 is a medium vulnerability published on August 20, 2026. Missing Authorization vulnerability in myCred New User Approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through 3.2.8.
When was CVE-2026-28163 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28163 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28163?
CVE-2026-28163 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28163?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28163, 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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