Description
The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 6.2.0 does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administrators, allowing an administrator of any single site on a multisite network to execute arbitrary code across the entire network.
Published: 2026-08-27
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-285

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-94
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-285

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Description The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 6.2.0 does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administrators, allowing an administrator of any single site on a multisite network to execute arbitrary code across the entire network.
Title Defender Security < 6.2.0 - Admin+ Network-Wide RCE via Hub Connector on Multisite
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:23:47.663Z

Reserved: 2026-08-07T09:04:35.247Z

Link: CVE-2026-19225

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:15:21.004Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-27T06:16:57.030

Modified: 2026-08-27T17:17:35.610

Link: CVE-2026-19225

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T17:00:13Z

Weaknesses