The Pressengine WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not stop its login handler from issuing a session when authentication fails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Unknown | The Pressengine | unknown |
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Pressengine WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not stop its login handler from issuing a session when authentication fails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators. | |
| Title | The Pressengine <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T06:00:10.199Z
Reserved: 2026-09-08T10:56:48.895Z
Link: CVE-2026-86709
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T06:16:51.327
Modified: 2026-09-17T06:16:51.327
Link: CVE-2026-86709
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