# CVE-2026-8690: Missing authorization in RentMy Real-Time Rental Management Plugin

> Unauthenticated attackers can read, create, update, and delete event records and overwrite location settings due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6r7v-ww2r-2qpr

## What is CVE-2026-8690?

CVE-2026-8690 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in RentMy Real-Time Rental Management Plugin, published on 24 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RentMy Real-Time Rental Management Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read, create, update, and delete event records stored in the rentmy_events WordPress option, as well as overwrite the rentmy_locationId option.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8690?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-8690?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-8690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8690 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-8690 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in RentMy Real-Time Rental Management Plugin, published on 24 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: RentMy Real-Time Rental Management Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8690/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8690
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8690
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8690

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8690/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.