CVE-2026-66701

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, 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: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Profile Builder <= 3.16.5 versions.

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
0%
EPSS %ILE
8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Broken Access Control in WordPress Profile Builder Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/profile-builder/vulnerability/wordpress-profile-builder-plugin-3-16-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66701(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 19× in last 7d / 45× 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. 2026-08-21 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 03:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 03:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 01:26 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-14 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-13 22:10 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-13 22:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-12 21:05 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-12 21:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-12 06:40 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-12 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-11 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-11 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-10 04:30 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-10 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-09 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-09 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-08 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-08 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-08 02:12 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-08 02:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-07 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-07 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-06 15:27 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-06 14:42 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-06 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-66701?
CVE-2026-66701 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Profile Builder <= 3.16.5 versions.
When was CVE-2026-66701 disclosed?
CVE-2026-66701 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-66701 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-66701 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 91.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-66701?
CVE-2026-66701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-66701?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-66701, 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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