CVE-2026-5727 Missing authorization in Hello Plus
Authenticated contributors can bypass authorization to publish their own templates and draft active templates owned by higher-privileged users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-5727?
CVE-2026-5727 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in elemntor Hello Plus, published on 10 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Hello Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to publish their own Hello+ header/footer templates and draft currently active templates owned by higher-privileged users.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5727?
How do I fix CVE-2026-5727?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-5727 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-5727 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5727 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mmgc-4fx9-pwm9.