CVE-2026-96897: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Optima Express IDX
The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-role account and to repeatedly rotate its application password on any connected install.
CVE-2026-96897: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Optima Express IDX
Description
The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-role account and to repeatedly rotate its application password on any connected install.
Affected software
Optima Express IDX
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-23T19:54:38.933Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab8b2d7f7a7c54106aa92e4
Added to database: 09/27/2026, 06:08:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/27/2026, 06:08:23 UTC
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