{"id":"CVE-2026-86709","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-287"],"product":"The Pressengine","affected":["the_pressengine <= 1.0"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T19:08:32.830","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86709","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4b0b16eb-c638-479b-ab65-1cead53f32a8/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00336,"epssPercentile":0.27064,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-17T12:13:28.036993Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-17T06:12:17.977Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86709","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":206045,"id":"CVE-2026-86709","ts":1789651150947,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"9.8"},{"seq":206044,"id":"CVE-2026-86709","ts":1789651150947,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"critical"}]}