{"metadata": {"vulnerability": "CVE-2026-85659", "count": 14, "kinds": {"milestone": 4, "sighting": 1, "kev": 0, "other": 9}}, "data": [{"timestamp": "2026-09-04T13:32:20.828Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-09-04T13:32:20.828Z", "kind": "milestone", "label": "Reserved", "source": "cvelistv5", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "cveMetadata.dateReserved"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-15T16:30:23Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-15T16:30:23.000Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Time", "source": "cvelistv5 / Wordfence", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "containers.cna.timeline.0.time"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T05:30:27.472Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T05:30:27.472Z", "kind": "milestone", "label": "Published", "source": "cvelistv5", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "cveMetadata.datePublished"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T05:30:27.472Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T05:30:27.472Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Updated", "source": "cvelistv5 / Wordfence", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T05:50:14.173Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T05:50:14.173989Z", "kind": "sighting", "label": "Seen", "source": "https://infosec.exchange/users/cve/statuses/117449019471971203", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "creation_timestamp", "uuid": "fdb5d83a-2a49-4c6a-941d-cf7dea03b7ed", "content": "CVE-2026-85659 PilotPress <= 2.0.43 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover via 'username' Parameter The PilotPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.43. The vulnerability exists because the `update_cc_details()` AJAX handler forwards an attacker-supplied `username` parameter to ONTRAPORT via `api_call('update_cc_details', ...)` before performing the local `username_exists()` collision check, and aborts without rolling back the remote rename when a collision is detected \u2014 leaving the remote ONTRAPORT contact renamed to an existing WordPress Administrator's login. On a subsequent login attempt, `user_login()` (hooked to `wp_authenticate`) authenticates against ONTRAPORT using the renamed login and the attacker's own password, resolves the local WordPress user row via `get_user_by('login', $username)` \u2014 which now selects the real Administrator's row \u2014 and calls `wp_set_password()` against that Administrator's user ID; because the `user_level != 10` guard only suppresses PilotPress's own cookie issuance rather than returning a `WP_Error` to core, WordPress proceeds to validate the newly-synchronized password and issues a full Administrator authentication cookie to the attacker. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above \u2014 specifically any PilotPress member holding a valid ONTRAPORT contact and the Customer Center nonce \u2014 to fully take over an Administrator account.\nhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85659https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceee48dd-72a7-49c3-90d5-7af1a30f9ecb?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pilotpress/tags/2.0.39/pilotpress.php?rev=3642310#L2380https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pilotpress/tags/2.0.39/pilotpress.php?rev=3642310#L1690https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pilotpress/tags/2.0.39/pilotpress.php?rev=3642310#L1029https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pilotpress/tags/2.0.39/pilotpress.php?rev=3642310#L1099https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3737004#wordpress #ontraport #PilotPress#CVE_2026_85659#bot", "url": "https://infosec.exchange/users/cve/statuses/117449019471971203"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T06:17:11Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T06:17:11Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Nvd published at", "source": "github \u00b7 GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "record": "GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "field": "database_specific.nvd_published_at"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T06:17:11.493Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T06:17:11.493", "kind": "milestone", "label": "Published", "source": "fkie_nvd \u00b7 FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "record": "FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "field": "published"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T06:30:28Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T06:30:28Z", "kind": "milestone", "label": "Published", "source": "github \u00b7 GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "record": "GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "field": "published"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T06:30:28Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T06:30:28Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Updated", "source": "github \u00b7 GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "record": "GHSA-PH8G-MCQH-5P98", "field": "modified"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T14:27:54.578Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T14:27:54.578795Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Recorded", "source": "cvelistv5 / CISA-ADP", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "containers.adp.0.metrics.0.other.content.timestamp"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T14:27:54.578Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T14:27:54.578795Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Recorded", "source": "fkie_nvd \u00b7 FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "record": "FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "field": "metrics.ssvcV203.0.ssvcData.timestamp"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T14:28:39.370Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T14:28:39.370Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Updated", "source": "cvelistv5", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "cveMetadata.dateUpdated"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T14:28:39.370Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T14:28:39.370Z", "kind": "other", "label": "Updated", "source": "cvelistv5 / CISA-ADP", "record": "CVE-2026-85659", "field": "containers.adp.0.providerMetadata.dateUpdated"}, {"timestamp": "2026-10-16T15:17:33.300Z", "date_only": false, "value": "2026-10-16T15:17:33.300", "kind": "other", "label": "Updated", "source": "fkie_nvd \u00b7 FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "record": "FKIE_CVE-2026-85659", "field": "lastModified"}]}