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CVE-2026-86709: The Pressengine <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-17 · updated 2026-09-18
- Weakness: CWE-287
Description
The Pressengine WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not stop its login handler from issuing a session when authentication fails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators.
Affected products
- The Pressengine: through 1.0
References
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