CVE-2026-42638 HIGH

CVE-2026-42638: WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.7.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Awesomemotive

Product Easy Digital Downloads

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published October 6, 2026

Last update October 7, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 6, 2026 CVE published

October 7, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42638 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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