Disclosure summary
The Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to publish their own Hello+ header/footer templates and draft currently active templates owned by higher-privileged users.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-862
Source-specific records & product guidance
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-95eb7d8256449b8a75dc66291b65bfe37a2
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1400Z
CVE mention in publisher metadata; check the original affected versions.
NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-5727
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- www.wordfence.com
PUBLISHED 2026-10-10T01:16:40-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-10T01:16:40-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:55:12-04:00