Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-27396

High

Published: 05 March 2026

Published
05 March 2026
Modified
22 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0005 17.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-27396 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-27396 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the e-plugins Directory Pro WordPress plugin, specifically allowing exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels. This issue affects Directory Pro versions from n/a through 2.5.6. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility and lack of prerequisites.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized access to restricted directory features or data within the plugin.

The Patchstack advisory documents this broken access control vulnerability in Directory Pro 2.5.6 and provides details on mitigation, including recommendations for plugin updates.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in e-plugins Directory Pro directory-pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Directory Pro: from n/a through <= 2.5.6.

CWE(s)
CWE-862

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of access controls, directly mapping to T1190 for initial access to restricted features/data.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces approved authorizations on Directory Pro plugin functions, blocking the missing-authorization flaw that lets unauthenticated users access restricted features.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match
prevent

Requires least-privilege assignment so that plugin roles and capabilities cannot be exploited through misconfigured access-control levels.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation partial match
prevent

Mandates timely remediation of the identified flaw in Directory Pro <=2.5.6, eliminating the broken access-control vulnerability.

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