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CVE-2026-96897— Optima Express 8.5.0 - 8.7.5 - Unauthenticated Author Account Creation & Application Password Rotation via ihf_clear_cache

Quick assessment

Affected
Unknown Optima Express IDX
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Optima Express IDX WordPress 插件（版本低于 8.7.6）在其一个对已登出用户公开的 AJAX 操作中未执行任何授权检查，导致未授权的攻击者可以强制创建一个固定用户角色为“作者”（author）的账户，并在任何已连接的网站实例中反复轮换该账户的应用程序密码。

AI Predicted 8.6 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.14% · P3
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-96897

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Optima Express 8.5.0 - 8.7.5 - Unauthenticated Author Account Creation & Application Password Rotation via ihf_clear_cache
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Unknown Optima Express IDX 8.5.0 ~ 8.7.6 -

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Other References for CVE-2026-96897 (1)

Same Patch Batch · Unknown · 2026-09-27 · 19 CVEs total

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CVE-2026-86609 Download Manager Pro < 7.5.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Email Lock Subscription
CVE-2026-86839 Bookly < 28.3 - Staff+ Appointment and Payment Disclosure, Modification and Deletion via I
CVE-2026-86841 Bookly 23.2 - 28.2 - Bookly Administrator+ PHP Object Injection via Diagnostics Advanced O
CVE-2026-89001 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing vi
CVE-2026-96899 Optima Express 8.6.0 - 8.7.5 - Author+ Stored XSS via faq_script
CVE-2026-89006 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Feed Import
CVE-2026-89000 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ SSRF via Campaign Run
CVE-2026-96896 Malcure Malware Shield < 19.9.7 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary File Write and Deleti
CVE-2026-96895 WP YouTube Lyte < 1.7.31 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Embed Block Attributes
CVE-2026-92995 Verge3D <= 4.13.0 - Unauthenticated Product Download Disclosure via v3d_download_file
CVE-2026-92436 Mailchimp for WooCommerce < 6.3 - Unauthenticated Customer Email and Cart Disclosure via I
CVE-2026-97319 PowerPress < 11.17.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Podcast Player Block
CVE-2026-97227 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.4.8 - Authenticated Social Account Credential

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Same vendor: Unknown

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