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title: "CVE-2026-84737: Freeton WP WordPress plugin - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Freeton WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 contains an authentication bypass caused by improper validation of activation codes, letting unauthenticated attackers log in as any user with a known email address."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84737/
---

# CVE-2026-84737 Freeton WP WordPress plugin - Authentication Bypass

Freeton WP WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 contains an authentication bypass caused by improper validation of activation codes, letting unauthenticated attackers log in as any user with a known email address.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.34% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84737)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

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

Published

11 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of the Freeton WP WordPress plugin.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84737](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84737)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b26e6b42-0c9f-4b6b-ac2c-2e452038288b/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b26e6b42-0c9f-4b6b-ac2c-2e452038288b/)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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