WordPress WPSection plugin <= 1.5.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2026-10-10 29 d ago modified 2026-10-13 27 d ago also EUVD-2026-96536

cvss: 8.1; 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 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

Subscriber Broken Access Control in WPSection <= 1.5.1 versions.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 29 d ago (2026-10-11)

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Rashid WPSection

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/wpsection/vulnerability/wordpress-wpsection-plugin-1-5-1-broken-access-control-vuln
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-40777
NVD CVE-2026-40777

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Summary