CVE-2026-78364

LOWPre-NVD 3.53.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-30. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 3.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.

CVSS v3
3.5
EG Score
3.5(high)
EG Risk
16(Track)
EG Risk 16/100SSVC: 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
Severity35% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 30, 2026

Last Modified

August 31, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78364(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 10× 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. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-22 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-22 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-19 11:43 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-19 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 09:10 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 09:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-13 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-13 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-10 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-10 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-07 01:05 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-07 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-03 22:45 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-03 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-31 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-31 20:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-31 13:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-31 12:50 UTCEG score recompute▲ 3.50
  14. 2026-08-31 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-31 12:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 3.5 · severity → LOW
  16. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-30 07:31 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-30 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-30 06:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78364?
CVE-2026-78364 is a low vulnerability published on August 30, 2026. The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.
When was CVE-2026-78364 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78364 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 30, 2026, with the most recent update on August 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78364 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78364 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 86.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78364?
CVE-2026-78364 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78364?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78364, 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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