CVE-2026-40808
WordPress Jetpack VideoPress plugin <= 3.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Jetpack VideoPress plugin <= 3.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-40808- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-96542
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-96542- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hqxm-q759-7c9m
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
- Record
GHSA-hqxm-q759-7c9m- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Jetpack VideoPress <= 3.6 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-40808- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-40808 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Automattic Jetpack Videopress, published October 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.