CVE-2026-87959

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-16. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves its Claude AI provider settings, allowing users with subscriber-level access to overwrite those settings, including the API key used for the WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6's outgoing AI requests.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(high)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: 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
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 17, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

WPBot 8.7.2 – 8.7.5 – Subscriber+ Claude AI Settings Update | CVE 2026-87959 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d42171d-6335-4bd3-bbed-fc446da3f945/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-87959(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 20× in last 7d / 31× 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 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-23 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-22 17:41 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-22 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-21 16:57 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-21 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-20 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-20 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-19 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-19 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-17 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 12:39 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.40
  24. 2026-09-17 12:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-17 12:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.4 · severity → MEDIUM
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  1. 2026-09-16 21:01 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-16 21:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 06:21 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-09-16 06:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-16 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-87959?
CVE-2026-87959 is a medium vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves its Claude AI provider settings, allowing users with subscriber-level access to overwrite those settings, including the API key used for the WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6's outgoing AI…
When was CVE-2026-87959 disclosed?
CVE-2026-87959 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-87959 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-87959 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 87.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-87959?
CVE-2026-87959 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-87959?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-87959, 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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