CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Called exploited the same day it was disclosed.
Measured from the CVE publication date to the earliest of 1 KEV catalogue that list it.
The life of this vulnerability
- CVE published
- First KEV listingsame day
- Last sightingsame day
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Which catalogues call it exploited
- CISA KEVUS federaldoes not list it
- EUVDENISA, European Uniondoes not list it
- VulnCheck KEVcommercial researchlisted Aug 6, 2026
- CIRCLaggregator, mirrors the abovedoes not list it
This rests on a single catalogue. No second catalogue corroborates the claim that it is being exploited. CIRCL is an aggregator and is not counted.
Public exploitation evidence
- reported exploitationpatchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpmudev-updates/vul
1 public report collected from VulnCheck and CIRCL, first on Aug 6, 2026. Each links to its original source. We have not verified them.
Description
The WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. On sites not yet connected to the WPMU DEV Hub — the default state after installation — the site API key that keys the WDP-AUTH request signature is empty, making the signature verified by validate_hash() trivially forgeable; version 5.0.0 additionally removed the replay check in validate_nonce(), and the remote handler is bound to the public init hook with no capability check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke privileged Hub actions — including installing and activating a plugin from an attacker-supplied URL (resulting in remote code ex