CVE-2026-78259

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WPLegalPages <= 3.7.0 versions.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EG Risk
48(Track)
EG Risk 48/100SSVC: 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
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Broken Authentication in WordPress WPLegalPages Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wplegalpages/vulnerability/wordpress-wplegalpages-plugin-3-7-0-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78259(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 24× in last 7d / 98× 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.

  1. 2026-09-19 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-19 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-18 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 10:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-16 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 09:26 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 09:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-15 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-14 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-14 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-13 17:33 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-13 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-12 16:40 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-12 16:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-12 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-11 15:46 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-11 15:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-11 03:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-10 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-10 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-10 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-09 13:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-09 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-09 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-08 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-07 16:15 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-07 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-07 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-06 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-06 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-06 02:52 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-06 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-05 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-05 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-05 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-04 13:32 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-04 13:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-04 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-03 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-03 00:08 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-03 00:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-02 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-01 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-01 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-09-01 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-31 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-31 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-30 21:21 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-30 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-30 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-30 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-29 20:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-29 07:56 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-29 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-28 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-28 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-27 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-27 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-27 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-26 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-26 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-26 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-25 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-25 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-25 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-25 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-25 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-08-25 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-24 22:26 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-24 21:48 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-24 21:47 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78259?
CVE-2026-78259 is a high vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WPLegalPages <= 3.7.0 versions.
When was CVE-2026-78259 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78259 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78259 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78259 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 87.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78259?
CVE-2026-78259 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78259?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78259, 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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