{"id":"CVE-2026-5727","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-5727","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:19:39.668Z","title":"The Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7.","description":"The Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to publish their own Hello+ header/footer templates and draft currently active templates owned by higher-privileged users.","published":"2026-10-10T05:16:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-13T13:30:22.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13378,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.12448}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-10T05:16:40.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.4","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T05:16:40.017Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.4)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-parts/components/document.php","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-parts/documents/ehp-document-base.php","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f1e0b89-9bac-4a3b-bb8c-278449789214?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5727","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}