Several Newfold plugins are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The vulnerability exists because the plugins bundle the wp-module-data module. In the module, the authenticate() method — registered on the rest_authentication_errors filter and therefore evaluated for every unauthenticated REST API request — performs an HMAC-style Bearer token comparison that degenerates when HiiveConnection::get_auth_token() returns false: PHP coerces strrev(false) to strrev(''), collapsing the secret salt to the publicly known constant hash('sha256', '') = e3b0c44..., while all remaining hash inputs (HTTP method, request URL, raw request body, and the X-Timestamp header) remain fully attacker-controlled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to compute a valid Bearer token entirely offline, pass the token equality check, and have wp_set_current_user() invoked against the first administrator returned by get_users(['role' => 'administrator']), granting full administrator-level access and enabling arbitrary REST API operations such as creating new administrator accounts and achieving complete site takeover. Vulnerable versions are WP Plugin Crazy Domains (<= 2.5.2), WP Plugin Web (<= 2.3.4), WP Plugin Hostgator (<= 3.1.0), WP Plugin Bluehost (<= 4.17.1). The affected module is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, 2.9.4.
CVE-2026-80099
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-09. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-74773 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 41EG Risk 41/100
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.Exploitation2.9% × 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: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 2.9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 86th
- 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
- 2.9% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). 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.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).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
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.
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 9, 2026
Last Modified
September 9, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026Comparing 2.3.5...2.3.6 · newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web · GitHub
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web/compare/2.3.5...2.3.6Comparing 4.19.0...4.19.1 · newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehost · GitHub
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehost/compare/4.19.0...4.19.1Comparing 3.2.0...3.2.1 · newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgator · GitHub
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgator/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1commit 9d913fd8fa12 (newfold-labs/wp-module-data)
Patch available: newfold-labs/wp-module-data 2.9.8 (contains commit 9d913fd8fa12)
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-module-data/commit/9d913fd8fa12796c4d9c09081e4aeccfa5cb1301Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80099(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 8× in last 7d / 61× 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.
Showing the most recent 100 of 160 refreshes on record for this CVE.
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- 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-10-28 07:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-28 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-10-25 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-10-20 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-20 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-10-18 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-10-13 06:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-12 14:58 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-10-11 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-11 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-10 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-10 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-09 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-09 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-10-08 09:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-07 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-06 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-06 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-06 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-05 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-04 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-03 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-03 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-03 06:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-02 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-10-01 17:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-01 05:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-30 17:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-30 17:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-30 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-29 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-29 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-09-29 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-28 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-28 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-28 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-27 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-27 15:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-27 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-27 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-26 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-26 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-26 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-25 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-25 00:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-25 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
- 2026-09-24 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-09-23 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
Public detection templates
(1 reference)A public Nuclei detection template is referenced for this CVE. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code.
- Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-80099.yamlPublished Sep 22, 2026
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