๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-86709

CRITICAL 9.8

The Pressengine <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Pressengine WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not stop its login handler from issuing a session when authentication fails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators.

Vendor unknown
Product the pressengine
Published Sep 17, 2026
Last Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Affected Versions

Unknown / The Pressengine
0 โ‰ค 1.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4b0b16eb-c638-479b-ab65-1cead53f32a8/

Credits

Naoki Kawahigashi WPScan