CVE-2026-86709criticalCWE-287

CVE-2026-86709: critical vulnerability in The Pressengine

The Pressengine <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass

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48Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 9.8epss 0.6%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Unknown · The Pressengine
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