WordPress Modular DS plugin <= 2.5.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2026-01-16 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-2880

cvss: 10.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from 2.5.2 before 2.6.0.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 9 mo ago (2026-01-16)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/modular-connector/vulnerability/wordpress-modular-ds-plugin-2-5-2-privilege-escalat
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-23800
NVD CVE-2026-23800

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Summary