■ Executive Risk Command Center
EPSS Score
0.3%
23th percentile
CISA KEV
Not Listed
Not present in the verified catalog snapshot; this does not prove absence of exploitation
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🔍 CVE-2026-11801 | ⚠ CVSS 7.5 | 📅 August 18, 2026 | 📂 Vulnerabilities | 🛡 CYBERDUDEBIVASH®
CVE VULNERABILITY ADVISORY · HIGH
CDB-CTI-2026-5A4437C961D1 · Generated 2026-08-18T16:08:23.956671Z
Executive Summary
The WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve internal site configuration data exposed by the classifieds-types REST endpoint, including registered post types, labels, associated taxonomies, form scheme metadata, contact options, and custom field meta keys. CVSS Score: 7.5 CWE: CWE-862
Decision: Validate relevance and exposure using the cited source and internal evidence before treating this record as an incident, confirmed compromise, or customer-specific finding.
Threat Classification and Evidence Status
Intelligence family
CVE Vulnerability Advisory
Exploitation
Not confirmed by available evidence; not in verified KEV snapshot
Patch/remediation
Availability not established in the source record — verify vendor guidance
Verified Facts
Source type: CVE Vulnerability Advisory
Source publication time: 2026-08-18T03:16:38.650000
CVE: CVE-2026-11801
CVSS base score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-862
EPSS: 0.300%; percentile 22.5%
KEV catalog check: Not present in the successfully retrieved catalog snapshot; this does not prove absence of exploitation.
Technical Analysis
Vulnerability class: Authorization Failure. Assessment: Active exploitation is not confirmed by the available evidence. Prioritization must combine technical severity, exposure, asset criticality, and compensating controls.
Exposure and Remediation Decisions
P0 — Inventory: Confirm the affected product and version against authoritative vendor/NVD data; prioritize internet-facing and business-critical assets.
P0 — Remediation: Availability not established in the source record — verify vendor guidance
P1 — Compensating controls: Restrict exposure, enforce least privilege, and apply vendor-supported mitigations when immediate remediation is not possible.
P1 — Retrospective review: Search only the telemetry relevant to the affected component and validated vulnerability class; absence of alerts does not prove absence of exploitation.
Source Evidence Extract
CVE ID: CVE-2026-11801
Description: The WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve internal site configuration data exposed by the classifieds-types REST endpoint, including registered post types, labels, associated taxonomies, form scheme metadata, contact options, and custom field meta keys.
CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWEs: CWE-862
This extract is escaped and rendered from the ingested source record; generated analysis is not presented as a source fact.
MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
Defense Evasion → Valid Accounts (T1078), only if authentication/session abuse is observed.
Mappings are conditional analytical aids, not claims that the technique occurred. Promote a mapping to observed only after telemetry confirms the behavior.
Detection Engineering
DETECTION STATUS: TELEMETRY_SPECIFICATION_ONLY
The source describes an identity/control-boundary weakness but provides no stable exploit signature.
Correlate successful sessions with a preceding authentication event, expected identity context, device identity, and authorization decision.
Alert on identity/session changes that violate normal trust-boundary or policy sequencing for the affected component.
Automated intelligence synthesis — not human reviewed. Public reference draft — not a certified customer deliverable. Customer-specific action requires exposure validation and accountable human approval.
Role-Based Decisions
Vulnerability Manager: Track against cve vulnerability advisory intake. Exploitation status: Not confirmed by available evidence; not in verified KEV snapshot. Patch status: Availability not established in the source record — verify vendor guidance. — Prioritization reflects this record's own exploitation/patch evidence, not a fixed severity template.
SOC Manager: Review the detection guidance below before enabling any blocking action on it. — Detection maturity for this record is stated explicitly, not assumed production-ready.
Source Reliability & Corroboration
nvd: A/B — Reliable (completely or usually reliable source)
Whether an independent second source corroborates this record has not been assessed (see the evidence ledger). This report does not wait on that assessment to publish, and does not overstate certainty in the meantime.
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Provenance and Review Status
Report IDCDB-CTI-2026-5A4437C961D1
Source systemnvd
Source published2026-08-18T03:16:38.650000
Source-record SHA-2565a4437c961d1d5a80a22ec58d60e9c8d19d72e9d76d15df74e1171df3d70aeff
Generated UTC2026-08-18T16:08:23.963273Z
Review statusAutomated intelligence synthesis — not human reviewed
CertificationPublic Intelligence Certification: TACTICAL_READY (automated evidence-graph certification — see Provenance for the source basis)