What is GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc?

GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.29.24 does not perform a capability check...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc cover?

GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-87828. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc?

GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qcMediumCVSS 5.7

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.29.24 does not perform a capability check...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-87828 →

📋 Description

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.29.24 does not perform a capability check on one of its state-update AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users such as subscribers to write a malformed value that causes an uncaught error on every subsequent admin page load, making the entire admin area inaccessible to all administrators (denial of service).

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87828
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce546b34-4383-4166-9b87-335a524f37e2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwq8-qxp8-42qc