CVE-2026-42705 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Grand News <= 3.4 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00246.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

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

ThemeGoods

Grand News

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 3.4

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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/theme/grandnews/vulnerability/wordpress-grand-news-theme-3-4-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': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Grand News <= 3.4 versions.
Title		WordPress Grand News theme <= 3.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/grandnews/vulnerability/wordpress-grand-news-theme-3-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-10-10T19:35:12.244Z

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:13:35.480Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T09:05:07.701Z

Link: CVE-2026-42705

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:05:31.909Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-10T20:16:35.917

Modified: 2026-10-11T13:17:23.143

Link: CVE-2026-42705

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-10T21:00:10Z

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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