CVE-2026-39753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Taskbot <= 6.6 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

AmentoTech

Taskbot

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 6.6

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/taskbot/vulnerability/wordpress-taskbot-plugin-6-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Taskbot <= 6.6 versions.
Title		WordPress Taskbot plugin <= 6.6 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-266
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/taskbot/vulnerability/wordpress-taskbot-plugin-6-6-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-10-06T08:34:22.228Z

Updated: 2026-10-06T10:31:38.113Z

Reserved: 2026-04-07T10:58:58.453Z

Link: CVE-2026-39753

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T10:30:18.435Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T09:17:46.940

Modified: 2026-10-06T11:17:22.440

Link: CVE-2026-39753

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T11:30:07Z

Weaknesses

CWE-266

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