Description
The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.8.3 does not validate a client-supplied address value before using it as a storage key in one of its own options, allowing unauthenticated attackers to grow that option without bound and to slow the site's handling of missing pages.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.8.3 does not validate a client-supplied address value before using it as a storage key in one of its own options, allowing unauthenticated attackers to grow that option without bound and to slow the site's handling of missing pages.
Title Really Simple Security (Free) < 9.8.3 - Unauthenticated Unbounded Option Growth via Spoofed Client IP Header
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T11:09:13.043Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T08:22:07.339Z

Link: CVE-2026-88798

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T11:02:13.271Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T06:16:41.053

Modified: 2026-09-18T12:17:28.677

Link: CVE-2026-88798

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption