Auth bypass in Wired Impact Volunteer Management
CVE-2026-16546
The Wired Impact Volunteer Management WordPress plugin before 2.8.2 does not have authorisation checks in one of its AJAX actions, and does not verify that the RSVP being removed belongs to the requesting user, allowing users with a role as low as Subscriber to remove arbitrary users' RSVPs from any volunteer opportunity.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wired Impact Volunteer Management — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/7541bc1a-a4ea-4e02-b10a-ea59708159f4/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-16546?
- CVE-2026-16546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wired Impact Volunteer Management, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-04.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16546?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.