CVE-2026-40780

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—

7.5

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP BookIt allows Password Recovery Exploitation.

This issue affects BookIt: from n/a before 2.5.4.1.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(high)
EPSS: —
KEV: Not listed

Published

June 2, 2026

Last Modified

June 2, 2026

References (1)

audit@patchstackhttps://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/bookit/vulnerability/wordpress-bookit-plugin-2-5-1-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40780(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

GHSA-6wpw-j4xp-qqv8
GitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP...

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-03 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
2026-06-03 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-06-02 15:42 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-40780?

CVE-2026-40780 is a high vulnerability published on June 2, 2026. Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP BookIt allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects BookIt: from n/a before 2.5.4.1.

When was CVE-2026-40780 disclosed?

CVE-2026-40780 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 2, 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-2026-40780?

CVE-2026-40780 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2026-40780?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40780, 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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CVE-2026-40780

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (1)

📣 Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40780(1)