What is CVE-2026-115230?

CVE-2026-115230 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Whizz, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-115230?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Whizz

CVE-2026-115230

The WHIZZ WordPress plugin through 1.1.8 does not validate the password-reset key before updating a user's password, relying only on a nonce that is exposed to unauthenticated visitors, allowing attackers to set an arbitrary password for any user, including administrators, and fully take over their accounts.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-11-06 · last modified 2026-11-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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

Whizz

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d4eeaf3-966d-4606-8e7e-326272f0d360/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115230?: CVE-2026-115230 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Whizz, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-115230?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.