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title: "CVE-2026-86591: Botiga Pro WordPress - Broken Access Control"
description: "Botiga Pro WordPress plugin < 1.6.5 contains broken access control caused by lack of authorization checks on a REST route, letting unauthenticated attackers update options, execute scripts, and trash posts, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-86591/
---

# CVE-2026-86591 Botiga Pro WordPress - Broken Access Control

Botiga Pro WordPress plugin < 1.6.5 contains broken access control caused by lack of authorization checks on a REST route, letting unauthenticated attackers update options, execute scripts, and trash posts, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.54% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86591)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Stored XSS, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

19 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.6.5 or later.

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-2026-86591](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86591)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2389a60-16c2-4750-b85e-a82b91390b30/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2389a60-16c2-4750-b85e-a82b91390b30/)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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