CVE-2026-42638

WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.7.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

7.5 High

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads easy-digital-downloads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through 3.7.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Unchanged since Oct 6, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.7.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2026-42638
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-93060 7.5

Record: EUVD-2026-93060
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-px8w-mx84-phvv 7.5

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.7.1 versions.

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.7.1 versions.

Record: GHSA-px8w-mx84-phvv
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.5

Record: CVE-2026-42638
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-42638 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, published October 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.