CVE-2026-76554

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-19. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 does not verify that the user running an import is permitted to create or modify user accounts and assign roles, allowing users granted a delegated WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 permission, who cannot otherwise manage users, to create administrator accounts and to overwrite the credentials and role of existing accounts, including administrators.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
33
EG Risk 33/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
37th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 21, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 19, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.35 – Authenticated Privilege Escalation via User Import | CVE 2026-76554 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e28c78be-e2f7-4580-9f16-488955914be3/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76554(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 24× in last 7d / 64× 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. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 10:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 21:34 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-03 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-02 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 07:11 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 07:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-10-01 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-30 16:49 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-30 16:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-30 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-29 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-29 01:10 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-29 01:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-28 12:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-27 23:32 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-27 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-27 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-26 21:57 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-26 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-26 09:11 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-26 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-25 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-25 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-24 18:22 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-24 18:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-24 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-24 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-23 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-23 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-23 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-22 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-22 02:29 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-22 02:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-09-21 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-21 04:53 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-21 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-20 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-20 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-20 03:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-19 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-19 13:25 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.20
  35. 2026-09-19 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-19 13:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.2 · severity → HIGH
  37. 2026-09-19 07:17 UTCNVD update
  38. 2026-09-19 06:26 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-19 06:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76554?
CVE-2026-76554 is a high vulnerability published on September 19, 2026. The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 does not verify that the user running an import is permitted to create or modify user accounts and assign roles, allowing users granted a delegated WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 permission, who cannot otherwise manage…
When was CVE-2026-76554 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76554 was first published on September 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76554 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76554 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (37th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76554?
CVE-2026-76554 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76554?
No fix for CVE-2026-76554 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-2026-76554 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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