CVE-2026-42705
7.5 HIGHPublished 2026-10-10 · Updated 2026-10-13
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The Grand News plugin has a broken access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to modify content and settings, potentially leading to unauthorized changes in the WordPress site's configuration and content.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is straightforward with no authentication required, though it may depend on the specific version of Grand News being used.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, attackers could modify news articles, change site settings, and potentially gain persistent access through content injection or configuration changes.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to Grand News version 3.5 or later to address this vulnerability.
access-controlwordpressplugincontent-modification
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NVD description
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Grand News <= 3.4 versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-862
All references
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