CVE-2026-16992

Create by Mediavine < 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Unpublished Content Disclosure and Publication

The Create WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not perform an authorization check before returning content over one of its REST API routes, and that route additionally publishes the requested content as a side effect, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content and to make it publicly available.

Affected

Create

CVSS v3.1 CNA

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 19th percentile

Published

2026-08-09

Updated

2026-08-11

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d85653f7-8556-4bac-8860-fbacc63ba5df/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry