🛡️ CVE-2026-16619

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-16619 is classified as CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. Repeated login attempts are not limited, leaving credentials open to brute forcing.

Affected software

CVE-2026-16619 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 6 August 2026 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

wpscan.com

Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts) in other software:

• CVE-2026-65948 (7.3 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48084 (7.4 High, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48071 (5.8 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71213 (9.1 Critical, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71205 (6.5 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-8793 (published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-15144 (7.3 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-55977 (3.3 Low, published 28 Jul 2026)

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