9.8Critical

CVE-2026-39753WordPress Taskbot plugin <= 6.6 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

AmentoTech Taskbot Published: 2026-10-06 11:34 (1 month ago)

Description

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Taskbot <= 6.6 versions.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-266

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
AmentoTech	Taskbot	≤ 6.6

References and patches

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/taskbot/vulnerability/wordpress-taskbot-plugin-6-6-privilege… vdb-entry

CVSS score

9.8Critical

Source: Patchstack · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

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

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	9.8Critical
audit@patchstack.com	CVSS 3.1	9.8Critical

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.44%

higher than 39% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2026-04-07
Published2026-10-06 11:34
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:50
Last updated2026-10-06 18:04

Assigned by (CNA): Patchstack
NVD status: Deferred

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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