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Critical 9.8Published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-39753WordPress Taskbot plugin <= 6.6 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, higher than 38% of scored CVEs.
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Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Taskbot <= 6.6 versions.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-266
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.45% (percentile 38)
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
AmentoTech Taskbot amentotech:taskbot (from the name) | from n/a through 6.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/taskbot/vulnerability/wordpress-taskbot-plugin-6-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry
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