CVE-2026-16992

The Create WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not perform an authorization check before returning content over one of its REST API routes, and that route additionally publishes the requested content as a side effect, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content and to make it publicly available.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Deferred - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2026-08-09

Last modified

2026-08-11

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected products

• Create (Unknown)

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d85653f7-8556-4bac-8860-fbacc63ba5df/