What is CVE-2026-16070?

CVE-2026-16070 is a low-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-16070?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Brizy

CVE-2026-16070

The Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not properly verify authorization on the object being modified before updating a template's type meta, validating a request parameter that is different from the one used in the write operation, allowing users with Contributor-level access and above to change the template-type assignment of templates owned by other users.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.002 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Brizy — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16070?: CVE-2026-16070 is a low-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-16070?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.