CVE-2026-65500 HIGH

CVE-2026-65500: WordPress Manual - Documentation, Knowledge Base & Education WordPress theme theme <= 7.5.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Pixelacehq

Product Manual - Documentation, Knowledge Base & Education WordPress Theme

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published July 23, 2026

Last update July 23, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Manual - Documentation, Knowledge Base & Education WordPress Theme <= 7.5.4 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Manual WordPress theme through version 7.5.4 lacks proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive information. An attacker can access restricted data without logging in or providing credentials. This affects confidentiality but not data integrity or availability. Site administrators should update immediately to a patched version.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information without logging in or providing any credentials.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized visitors can access restricted content or data meant for authenticated users only.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 23, 2026 CVE published

July 23, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65500 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2026-65500

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 7.5 / HIGH

Affected versions