CVE-2026-4297

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

The Welcome Software Publishing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Options Update in all versions up to and including 0.0.31. This is due to a missing capability check in the nc_setOption() function, which is exposed via the nc.setOption XML-RPC method. The function authenticates the user via $wp_xmlrpc_server->login() (verifying credentials are valid) but does not perform any authorization check such as current_user_can('manage_options'). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options via XML-RPC requests. This can be leveraged to change the default_role option to 'administrator' and then register a new administrator account, achieving full privilege escalation and site takeover.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EPSS
36.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 24, 2026

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

References (9)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-4297(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 34× in last 7d / 66× 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. 2026-07-07 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  18. 2026-07-04 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-07-03 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-02 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-07-01 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-06-28 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-06-26 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-06-26 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-06-25 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  41. 2026-06-24 07:29 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-4297?
CVE-2026-4297 is a high vulnerability published on June 24, 2026. The Welcome Software Publishing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Options Update in all versions up to and including 0.0.31. This is due to a missing capability check in the ncsetOption() function, which is exposed via the nc.setOption XML-RPC method. The function authenticates the…
When was CVE-2026-4297 disclosed?
CVE-2026-4297 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 24, 2026, with the most recent update on June 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-4297 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-4297 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 36.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4297?
CVE-2026-4297 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-4297?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-4297, 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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