CVE•Published 2026-08-23•Modified 2026-08-28•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-13598
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 95% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The RestrictMate WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, leading to full site takeover.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-23
Modified 2026-08-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-13598Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-13598Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-13598Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-13598GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-13598" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.