CVE-2026-42736

high

Published 2026-05-27 · Modified 2026-05-27

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in wordplus BP Better Messages bp-better-messages allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects BP Better Messages: from n/a through <= 2.14.16.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bp-better-messages/vulnerability/wordpress-bp-better-messages-plugin-2-14-16-insecure-direct-object-references-idor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

CWEs

CWE-639

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.