CVE-2026-40777 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Subscriber Broken Access Control in WPSection <= 1.5.1 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00352.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rashid

WPSection

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.5.1

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpsection/vulnerability/wordpress-wpsection-plugin-1-5-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Subscriber Broken Access Control in WPSection <= 1.5.1 versions.
Title		WordPress WPSection plugin <= 1.5.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpsection/vulnerability/wordpress-wpsection-plugin-1-5-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-10-10T19:34:58.723Z

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:13:36.220Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T09:20:36.793Z

Link: CVE-2026-40777

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:05:40.379Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-10T20:16:33.737

Modified: 2026-10-11T13:17:22.517

Link: CVE-2026-40777

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-10T22:15:19Z

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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