{"id":"CVE-2026-96897","title":"The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-ro…","summary":"The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-ro…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"product":"Optima Express IDX","affected":["optima_express_idx >= 8.5.0 < 8.7.6"],"published":"2026-09-27","updated":"2026-09-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-28T15:17:39.543","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96897","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9fd04f4-282d-486f-8561-dbf02250282a/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00182,"epssPercentile":0.07706,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-28T00:37:17.285295Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-27T06:43:46.834Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96897","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-role account and to repeatedly rotate its application password on any connected install.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":211761,"id":"CVE-2026-96897","ts":1790560912798,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.3"},{"seq":211760,"id":"CVE-2026-96897","ts":1790560912798,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}