CVE-2026-84744

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-28. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: 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 WPForms Lite WordPress plugin from 1.5.0.1 to 2.0.2 does not remove shortcode delimiters from submitted field values before writing them back into the rendered form, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site and read the details of attachments belonging to non-public posts.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100CISA 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend 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 at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend 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 at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (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 28, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 28, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

WPForms Lite 1.5.0.1 – 2.0.2 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation | CVE 2026-84744 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99c4a9fc-114e-4d39-80aa-0e9544125794/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84744(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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 01:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-02 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-02 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-01 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-30 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-29 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-29 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-28 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-28 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-28 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-28 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-28 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-28 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-28 06:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-84744?
CVE-2026-84744 is a medium vulnerability published on September 28, 2026. The WPForms Lite WordPress plugin from 1.5.0.1 to 2.0.2 does not remove shortcode delimiters from submitted field values before writing them back into the rendered form, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site and read the details of attachments…
When was CVE-2026-84744 disclosed?
CVE-2026-84744 was first published on September 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-84744 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-84744 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-84744?
CVE-2026-84744 has a CVSS base score of 6.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-84744?
No fix for CVE-2026-84744 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-2026-84744 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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