What is CVE-2026-96961?

CVE-2026-96961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pie Register, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-96961?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Pie Register

CVE-2026-96961

The Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15 does not perform any capability, nonce or authentication check on one of its request handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15's settings to their defaults (disabling registration security controls such as new-user email verification) and to destroy a Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15 data table.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-11-08 · last modified 2026-11-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Pie Register

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7de0e99-2637-40a3-9cdd-b633363334e0/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96961?: CVE-2026-96961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pie Register, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-96961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.