01 Record
CVE-2026-27395
WordPress Support Board plugin < 3.8.9 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Patchstack
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
WordPress Support Board plugin < 3.8.9 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-06-16 20:57Z4 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17 10:44Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- Patchstack
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 41a8b3b79fd21be9b782c3edcc15bd445de7ffd0a59b58bb48bdfc943a515df7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
Update the WordPress Support Board Plugin to the latest available version (at least 3.8.9).