CVE-2026-8181

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.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

14.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.3% 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 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2026-05-14 05:30Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-14 10:46Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-08

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

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-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

caf56ca48dd8afdb73f64389a895ea08d45d18f0d1a8d04a7c293b610123c318

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ca830d6-3d3c-4026-85cd-8447b8a568d3?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L336
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L336
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L328
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L328
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L314
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L314
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Traits/trait-admin-helper.php#L205
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includes/Traits/trait-admin-helper.php#L205
• github.comhttps://github.com/Burst-Statistics/burst-statistics/blob/2488d3fa54045e7e5342b0445b9f6b5eaac9ea7c/includes/Frontend/class-mainwp-proxy.php#L385