01 Record
CVE-2026-4297
Welcome Software Publishing <= 0.0.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update to Privilege Escalation via 'nc.setOption' XML-RPC Method
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Welcome Software Publishing <= 0.0.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update to Privilege Escalation via 'nc.setOption' XML-RPC Method
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 51.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (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:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-25.
- 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
- 2026-06-24 05:33Z4 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-24 14:50Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b8bd099cc4621da826104a14a22dfbd592aaaf5f521a12c87056dec5524e7147
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47e53fd3-4e3f-433a-8e70-3a58c864184a?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L272
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L272
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L264
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L264
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L265
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L265
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L44
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L44