Auth bypass in Testimonials Widget

CVE-2026-96532

The Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not perform a capability or ownership check when handling its front-end testimonial submission form, allowing unauthenticated users to modify or create arbitrary posts, including overwriting the title, content and author of any existing post.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.0% 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-2026-96532: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Testimonials Widget

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96532?
CVE-2026-96532 is a high-severity vulnerability in Testimonials Widget, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-96532?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.