What is CVE-2026-8499?

CVE-2026-8499 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-8499?

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

CVE-2026-8499

CVE-2026-8499

The Helpfulcrowd Product Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This is due to the `helpfulcrowd_validate_token()` function using a loose comparison…

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:N/I:L/A:N.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8499?: CVE-2026-8499 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-8499?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.