01 Record
CVE-2026-4280
Breaking News WP <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion/Read
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Breaking News WP <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion/Read
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.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2026-04-22 07:45Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-23 13:44Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 4123b9249e517192cc0cd28b95f60e1ceb2bdaa56dcb2425aeb5ea07f8e9c85e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4772b482-f5e5-4707-b012-aca70fc89e49?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L85
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L85
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L366
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L366
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L372
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L372