---
title: "CVE-2026-96532: Testimonials Widget WordPress - Broken Access Control"
description: "Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by lack of capability or ownership checks in the front-end testimonial submission form, letting unauthenticated users modify or create arbitrary posts."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-96532/
---

# CVE-2026-96532 Testimonials Widget WordPress - Broken Access Control

Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by lack of capability or ownership checks in the front-end testimonial submission form, letting unauthenticated users modify or create arbitrary posts.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.21% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96532)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

26 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

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

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 4.0.4.

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-2026-96532](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96532)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1372d8a-6654-4da7-a07e-87b18a0b0db9/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1372d8a-6654-4da7-a07e-87b18a0b0db9/)

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- 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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