CVE•Published 2026-06-22•Modified 2026-06-22•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-8157
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 does not properly restrict the roles that can be assigned when creating new users via one of its REST API endpoints, allowing authenticated users with a custom Vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 role to escalate privileges to administrator.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-22
Modified 2026-06-22
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-2026-8157Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-8157Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-8157Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-8157GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-8157" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.