CVE-2026-28165

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Digits <= 9.2 versions.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

Privilege Escalation in WordPress Digits Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/digits/vulnerability/wordpress-digits-plugin-9-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28165(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 55× in last 7d / 218× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 218 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 19:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-19 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-09-18 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-18 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-18 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-09-18 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-18 00:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-17 21:13 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-17 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-17 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-17 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-17 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-16 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-16 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-16 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 13:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-16 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-16 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-16 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 21:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-15 17:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-09-15 06:09 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-15 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-09-13 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-13 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-13 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-13 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-09-12 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-12 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-09-12 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-12 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-12 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-12 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-11 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-11 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-11 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-11 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-11 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-09-11 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-11 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-11 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-10 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-10 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-10 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-10 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-10 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-09-10 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  63. 2026-09-09 01:33 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-09-09 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-09-08 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-09-07 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-09-07 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-09-07 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-07 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-07 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-07 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28165?
CVE-2026-28165 is a critical vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Digits <= 9.2 versions.
When was CVE-2026-28165 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28165 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28165 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28165 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 80.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28165?
CVE-2026-28165 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28165?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28165, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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