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CVE-2026-9730
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 2, 2026
Last Modified
July 22, 2026
References (4)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L24
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L32
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L42
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c47e170f-f51e-400a-97f3-4da034c193a9?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9730(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 17× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)
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