Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-26
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions testimonials Widget
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions testimonials Widget

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-862

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Testimonials Widget <= 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Update
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Wordpress-extensions Testimonials Widget
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:41:13.804Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:24:56.363Z

Link: CVE-2026-96532

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:31:49.845Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.527

Modified: 2026-09-26T23:16:41.353

Link: CVE-2026-96532

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T02:30:16Z

Weaknesses