CVE-2026-9273

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.

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

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 19.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-12.

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

2026-08-05 04:25Z1 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 14:13Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-22

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1c142b7d5cffeb31d2a1fb2b309c5750defbec721d1541b552bd3d5cbc320018

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca38c423-2df8-4f20-bd95-2ecd84167a7f?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-content/tags/4.0.0/legacy/includes/forms.php#L243
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-content/tags/4.0.0/legacy/includes/forms.php#L306
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-content/tags/4.0.0/legacy/includes/forms.php#L207
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-content/trunk/legacy/includes/forms.php#L243
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-content/trunk/legacy/includes/forms.php#L306
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3549742%40restrict-content%2Ftags%2F4.0.1&old=3529319%40restrict-content%2Ftags%2F4.0.0