CVE-2026-96525

LOWPre-NVD 2.72.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 2.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-26. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 2.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
2.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 2.7Exploit: 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 MCP Server for WordPress WordPress plugin before 1.8.2 does not perform an ownership or sufficient capability check on its workflow create, update and delete REST routes, allowing users with the Contributor role to modify, delete and create site-wide workflow configuration, including workflows created by administrators.

CVSS v3
2.7
EG Score
2.7LOWhigh confidence
EG Risk
12
EG Risk 12/100CISA 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
Severity27% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
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
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

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 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 26, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-96525(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 13× in last 7d / 22× 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 23:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 05:55 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-01 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-01 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-28 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-26 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-26 22:49 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.70
  17. 2026-09-26 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-26 22:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 2.7 · severity → LOW
  19. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-26 07:21 UTCNVD update
  21. 2026-09-26 06:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-26 06:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-96525?
CVE-2026-96525 is a low vulnerability published on September 26, 2026. The MCP Server for WordPress WordPress plugin before 1.8.2 does not perform an ownership or sufficient capability check on its workflow create, update and delete REST routes, allowing users with the Contributor role to modify, delete and create site-wide workflow configuration, including workflows…
When was CVE-2026-96525 disclosed?
CVE-2026-96525 was first published on September 26, 2026, with the most recent update 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-2026-96525 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-96525 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-96525?
CVE-2026-96525 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-96525?
No fix for CVE-2026-96525 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-2026-96525 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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