VDB-371059 · CVE-2026-40785 · GCVE-0-2026-40785

Ruben Garcia AutomatorWP Plugin up to 5.6.7 on WordPress authentication bypass

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6.7	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ruben Garcia AutomatorWP Plugin up to 5.6.7 on WordPress and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes authentication bypass. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-40785. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruben Garcia AutomatorWP Plugin up to 5.6.7 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Subscriber Broken Authentication in AutomatorWP <= 5.6.7 versions.

The weakness was shared by Jakub Herman. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-40785 since 04/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

Ruben Garcia

Name

AutomatorWP Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.1
CNA Vector (Patchstack): 🔒

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication bypass
CWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

04/15/2026 CVE reserved
06/16/2026 +62 days Advisory disclosed
06/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Jakub Herman
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-40785 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40785
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-371059

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2026 06:08
Changes: 06/16/2026 06:08 (64)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103