{"id":"CVE-2026-62040","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-62040","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:46:22.031Z","title":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in DEV Institute Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force restrict-user-access allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Restrict User Access – Membership…","description":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in DEV Institute Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force restrict-user-access allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force: from n/a through 2.8.1.","published":"2026-10-09T12:17:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T13:17:28.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"audit@patchstack.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08223,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.07639}]},"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 (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-09T12:17:11.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T12:17:10.940Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/restrict-user-access/vulnerability/wordpress-restrict-user-access-membership-plugin-with-force-plugin-2-8-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve","source":"audit@patchstack.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62040","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."}