# CVE-2026-78266 — Ruben Garcia AutomatorWP

> As of 2026-08-24, CVE-2026-78266 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Ruben Garcia AutomatorWP, CVSS v3.1 6.5. No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-78266 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-2026-78266?

Subscriber Broken Access Control in AutomatorWP <= 5.8.3 versions.

The record classifies CVE-2026-78266 under weakness class [CWE-862](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-862). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 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:** 6.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-24

## Is CVE-2026-78266 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 30 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **Ruben Garcia**: AutomatorWP

## How to fix CVE-2026-78266

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-78266 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-2026-78266

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-78266, 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, 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/automatorwp/vulnerability/wordpress-automatorwp-plugin-5-8-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-78266
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-78266 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp