As immediate action, update the affected plugin. If you're unable to do so, ask your hosting provider or web developer for help.
Attackers can get around the security checks as if they aren't there.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
This issue has also been published by another CVE Numbering Authority under CVE-2026-15229, which describes the same as this vulnerability (CVE-2026-12128). No patched version is available yet — the solutions below apply to all of them.
This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
Published by Patchstack
17 Aug, 2026