CVE-2026-5727
mediumThe Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-par... security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3537433/hello-plus/trunk/modules/template-par... security@wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f1e0b89-9bac-4a3b-bb8c-27844978... security@wordfence.com