Vulnerability · Published Aug 9, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-16992Create by Mediavine < 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Unpublished Content Disclosure and Publication
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Create from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Create WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not perform an authorization check before returning content over one of its REST API routes, and that route additionally publishes the requested content as a side effect, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content and to make it publicly available.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d85653f7-8556-4bac-8860-fbacc63ba5df/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description