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 read, modify, or delete the entire database — including user accounts and private data.
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-2026-17607, which describes the same as this vulnerability (CVE-2026-57772). Patching the affected version resolves all of them.
This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
Update to version 2.5.4 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
8 May, 2026