01 Record
CVE-2026-7459
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes <= 5.26.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover via Missing Authorization on Event Reaction Endpoint
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes <= 5.26.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover via Missing Authorization on Event Reaction Endpoint
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
- 0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-22.
- 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
- 2026-05-30 09:29Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-01 10:33Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-29
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7c295876e735bc0a75fd12bc07d9ff4884b39e3bf0e9348f427156974933e97d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95d2bf1a-0993-4553-a00e-6f555c3f15be?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1420
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/tags/5.26.0/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1420
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1460
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/tags/5.26.0/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1460
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L778
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/tags/5.26.0/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L778
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-event.php#L613
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/tags/5.26.0/inc/class-event.php#L613
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1215
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-history/tags/5.26.0/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php#L1215
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524112/simple-history/trunk/inc/class-wp-rest-events-controller.php