CVE-2026-78259 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WPLegalPages <= 3.7.0 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wplegalpages/vulnerability/wordpress-wplegalpages-plugin-3-7-0-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WPLegalPages <= 3.7.0 versions.
Title		WordPress WPLegalPages plugin <= 3.7.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-288
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wplegalpages/vulnerability/wordpress-wplegalpages-plugin-3-7-0-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-08-24T21:31:29.978Z

Updated: 2026-08-25T19:03:02.064Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T07:37:35.411Z

Link: CVE-2026-78259

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T19:02:59.258Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-24T22:17:19.803

Modified: 2026-08-26T16:19:05.917

Link: CVE-2026-78259

Redhat

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