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CVE-2026-40782 Greg Winiarski CVE debrief

CVE-2026-40782 is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is an Unauthenticated Broken Access Control issue affecting WPAdverts plugin versions up to 2.3.0.

Vendor
Greg Winiarski
Product
WPAdverts
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.5
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-15
Original CVE updated
2026-06-15
Advisory published
2026-06-15
Advisory updated
2026-06-15

Who should care

Users of WPAdverts plugin versions up to 2.3.0 should apply patches or mitigations to prevent exploitation.

Technical summary

The vulnerability has been described as CWE-862. The CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Defensive priority

MEDIUM

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply patches or updates to WPAdverts plugin to version above 2.3.0.
  • Restrict access to sensitive areas of the plugin if patches cannot be applied immediately.

Evidence notes

Evidence from Patchstack indicates the vulnerability exists in WPAdverts plugin versions up to 2.3.0.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-40782 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40782

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-40782 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40782

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.