# CVE-2026-78259 — WP Legal Pages WPLegalPages

> As of 2026-08-24, CVE-2026-78259 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in WP Legal Pages WPLegalPages, CVSS v3.1 7.3, EPSS 0.2% (11.8th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-78259 as of 2026-08-24; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-24

## What is CVE-2026-78259?

Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WPLegalPages <= 3.7.0 versions.

The record classifies CVE-2026-78259 under weakness class [CWE-288](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-288). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 42 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.3 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.8% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-24

## Is CVE-2026-78259 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **WP Legal Pages**: WPLegalPages

## How to fix CVE-2026-78259

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-78259 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-78259

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-78259, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-25. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vulnerability database entry**

- [patchstack.com — vdb entry](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wplegalpages/vulnerability/wordpress-wplegalpages-plugin-3-7-0-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-78259
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-78259 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp