CVE-2026-77203

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-26. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 3 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-87787 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationNo fix is confirmed yet: check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

The CVE record's CNA (Wordfence) lists itthinx Groups – Memberships and Access Control versions up to and including 4.6.0 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

The Groups – Memberships and Access Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This is due to the groups_join() function deriving group-join eligibility from the ambient post's author capabilities via the global $post->post_author rather than from the currently authenticated user's own capabilities, while simultaneously minting and returning a valid groups-join-data hash and WordPress nonce for the caller in the same response — eliminating all authorization barriers to self-enrollment. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enroll themselves into any group including privileged groups carrying the groups_admin_groups capability, and to subsequently create and join a group containing every registered WordPress capability, effectively escalating their privileges to Administrator. Exploitation requires the attacker to supply an Administrator-authored post ID via the post_ID parameter of the authenticated wp_ajax_parse_media_shortcode handler in order to establish the privileged ambient post context used by the flawed authorization check.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.3% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
24th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 26, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-77203(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 / 66× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-11-02 23:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 23:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-11-02 16:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  4. 2026-11-01 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  5. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
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  9. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  10. 2026-10-26 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-26 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  12. 2026-10-26 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  13. 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  14. 2026-10-25 14:01 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
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  19. 2026-10-20 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-20 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  22. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  23. 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  24. 2026-10-18 03:12 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
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  4. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  5. 2026-10-13 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-13 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  8. 2026-10-12 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-11 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-11 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  13. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  14. 2026-10-11 08:08 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  16. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  17. 2026-10-10 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-10-10 06:47 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-10 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  20. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  21. 2026-10-09 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  22. 2026-10-09 05:30 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-09 05:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  24. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  25. 2026-10-08 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  26. 2026-10-08 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-10-08 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  28. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  29. 2026-10-07 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  30. 2026-10-07 01:37 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-07 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  32. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  33. 2026-10-06 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  34. 2026-10-06 00:24 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-06 00:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  36. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  37. 2026-10-05 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-05 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  39. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  40. 2026-10-04 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  41. 2026-10-04 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  42. 2026-10-03 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-03 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  44. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  45. 2026-10-03 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  47. 2026-10-02 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  49. 2026-10-02 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  50. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  51. 2026-10-01 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  52. 2026-10-01 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  53. 2026-09-30 17:59 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-30 17:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  55. 2026-09-30 05:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  56. 2026-09-29 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-09-29 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  58. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  59. 2026-09-29 04:04 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-29 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  61. 2026-09-28 15:26 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-28 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  63. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  64. 2026-09-28 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  65. 2026-09-28 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-28 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  67. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  68. 2026-09-27 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  69. 2026-09-26 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-09-26 23:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  71. 2026-09-26 22:54 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-09-26 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cm6x-39f7-w4rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  74. 2026-09-26 17:38 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.8 HIGH
  75. 2026-09-26 17:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-77203?
CVE-2026-77203 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 26, 2026. The Groups – Memberships and Access Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This is due to the groups_join() function deriving group-join eligibility from the ambient post's author capabilities via the global $post->post_author…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-77203 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-77203 was published on September 26, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 28, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-77203 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-77203 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (24th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-77203?
CVE-2026-77203 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-77203?
No fix for CVE-2026-77203 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The CVE record's CNA (Wordfence) lists itthinx Groups – Memberships and Access Control versions up to and including 4.6.0 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-77203 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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