CVE-2026-87959

Medium CVSS 5.4

Published 2026-09-16 · last changed 2026-09-17

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2026-87959, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves its Claude AI provider settings, allowing users with subscriber-level access to overwrite those settings, including the API key used for the WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6's outgoing AI requests.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2026-87959

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N