CVE-2026-96337

Status: DeferredMedium (6.5)—

Missing Authorization vulnerability in properfraction ProfilePress wp-user-avatar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ProfilePress: from n/a through 4.17.3.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base score: 6.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 6
Score date: 10/14/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 %
Primary impactT1098 Account Manipulationpersistence · privilege escalation80 %
Secondary impactT1565.001 Stored Data Manipulationimpact70 %

AV:N/PR:L→T1210 (servicios remotos con privilegios). CWE-862 (autorización faltante) en plugin WordPress permite modificar perfiles de usuario sin autorización: escalada lateral (T1098) e integridad de datos (T1565.001).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Restrict File and Directory Permissions Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Disable or Remove Feature or Program Vulnerability Scanning User Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Properfraction — Profilepress^AI

CWEs

CWE-862

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-user-avatar/vulnerability/wordpress-profilepress-plugin-4-17-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON (NVD)

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