CVE-2026-81427

CVE-2026-81427

The WC Vendors WordPress plugin before 2.7.2.1 does not verify that the vendor submitting a front-end order shipment status change owns the referenced order, allowing any authenticated vendor to mark another vendor's order as shipped, add an order note falsely attributed to the victim vendor, and trigger the customer shipment notification email.

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 (15.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-81427: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81427?
CVE-2026-81427 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-81427?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.