What is CVE-2026-106596?

CVE-2026-106596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visual Composer Website Builder, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-106596?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Visual Composer Website Builder

CVE-2026-106596

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Visual Composer Visual Composer Website Builder visualcomposer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Visual Composer Website Builder: from n/a through 45.16.3.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-10-08 · last modified 2026-10-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Visual Composer Website Builder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/visualcomposer/vulnerability/wordpress… (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-106596?: CVE-2026-106596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visual Composer Website Builder, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-106596?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.