WordPress Taskbot plugin <= 6.6 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2026-10-06 34 d ago modified 2026-10-06 33 d ago also EUVD-2026-93262

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Taskbot <= 6.6 versions.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 34 d ago (2026-10-06)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

AmentoTech Taskbot

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/taskbot/vulnerability/wordpress-taskbot-plugin-6-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerabili
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-39753
NVD CVE-2026-39753

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Summary