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CVE-2026-87112: QA Assistants (WordPress plugin) · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affects QA Assistants (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 06:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Wordfence)CVSS 3.18.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
quarkaQA Assistants – Driven by dataAffected
  • <=5.3.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, it is recommended to disable or remove the vulnerable plugin or restrict access to wp-cron.php to trusted users to prevent exploitation.

Description

The QA Assistants – Driven by data WordPress plugin up to version 5.3.0 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via the 'dlevent_ver' parameter. This vulnerability arises from unsafe deserialization without class restrictions and insufficient sanitization of input parameters, enabling unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious PHP objects. Exploitation involves triggering a scheduled event that automatically runs every two minutes without authentication, potentially leading to arbitrary file writes and remote code execution.

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