CVE-2026-8499

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-09. 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.

The Helpfulcrowd Product Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This is due to the helpfulcrowd_validate_token() function using a loose comparison operator (!=) instead of a strict comparison (!==) when validating the token parameter, while the corresponding REST route /wp-json/helpfulcrowd/v1/update-settings is registered with a permission_callback of __return_true, making it reachable by unauthenticated users; submitting a JSON boolean true as the token value causes PHP's loose comparison to evaluate as equal to the non-empty base64-encoded secret string, bypassing the check entirely. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke helpfulcrowd_settings_endpoint() and write arbitrary attacker-controlled key-value pairs directly into the helpfulcrowd_options WordPress database option via update_option() without any sanitization or allowlist filtering, enabling full unauthenticated modification of the plugin's stored configuration.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
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
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 9, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8499(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 14× in last 7d / 80× 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.

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  1. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-07-15 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8499?
CVE-2026-8499 is a medium vulnerability published on June 9, 2026. The Helpfulcrowd Product Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This is due to the helpfulcrowdvalidatetoken() function using a loose comparison operator (!=) instead of a strict comparison (!==) when…
When was CVE-2026-8499 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8499 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 9, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8499 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8499 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 80.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8499?
CVE-2026-8499 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8499?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8499, 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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