CVE-2026-40788

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-15. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:patchstack, epss, ghsa
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

Subscriber Broken Access Control in ChatBot <= 7.9.7 versions.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

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
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
22nd
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 21, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Broken Access Control in WordPress ChatBot Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/chatbot/vulnerability/wordpress-chatbot-plugin-7-9-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40788(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 4× in last 7d / 22× 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 238 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40788?
CVE-2026-40788 is a high vulnerability published on June 15, 2026. Subscriber Broken Access Control in ChatBot <= 7.9.7 versions.
When was CVE-2026-40788 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40788 was first published on June 15, 2026, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40788 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40788 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40788?
CVE-2026-40788 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (the CNA's own assessment, by patchstack; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40788?
No fix for CVE-2026-40788 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-2026-40788 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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