CVE-2026-19883
Subscriber users can escalate to admin via WPeMatico missing capability check.
Is CVE-2026-19883 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-19883 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-19883?
CVE-2026-19883 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-19883?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-19883, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-19883 affect?
CVE-2026-19883 affects WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin <= 2.8.24, WordPress sites using WPeMatico. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-19883?
Update or remove WPeMatico; disable registrations; audit and reset admin accounts.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated (subscriber+) users can modify options, set default role to administrator, enable registrations and create admin accounts.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 2.8.24
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.