CVE-2026-48879

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-01. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Sergey AIWU allows Privilege Escalation.

This issue affects AIWU: from n/a through 1.4.17.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
25.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Privilege Escalation in WordPress AIWU Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ai-copilot-content-generator/vulnerability/wordpress-aiwu-plugin-1-4-17-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48879(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 79× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 208 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-07-16 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-07-14 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-07-11 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-07-11 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-08 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-08 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-07-02 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-06-30 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  26. 2026-06-29 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-06-28 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-06-27 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-25 11:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  66. 2026-06-18 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-06-18 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  73. 2026-06-17 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-06-17 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-17 08:36 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48879?
CVE-2026-48879 is a critical vulnerability published on June 1, 2026. Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Sergey AIWU allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects AIWU: from n/a through 1.4.17.
When was CVE-2026-48879 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48879 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48879 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48879 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 25.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48879?
CVE-2026-48879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48879?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48879, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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