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Kubio AI Website Builder EUVDEUVD-2026-68616

| CVE-2026-83492 MEDIUM
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-08-31 tenable GHSA-5mqc-wggr-wp64
6.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: tenable
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain WordPress admin credentials
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to admin panel
  3. Exploit
    Submit crafted input to Kubio plugin endpoint
  4. Execution
    Trigger improper validation flaw
  5. Impact
    Cause site availability disruption (DoS)

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a valid WordPress administrator-level session (PR:H); the attacker must fully authenticate before any exploitation attempt is possible. The attack is conducted over the network (AV:N) with no additional attack requirements (AT:N) and no user interaction beyond the attacker's own session. Available data does not identify a specific plugin feature, endpoint, or non-default configuration setting as a prerequisite - the flaw appears accessible to any authenticated admin through standard plugin functionality. Exploitation is limited by: the high-privilege requirement, which blocks unauthenticated and low-privileged exploitation entirely; and the purely availability-based impact scope (VC:N, VI:N), which rules out data theft or remote code execution pathways from this flaw alone.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9 (Medium) reflects a vulnerability with meaningful but structurally constrained real-world risk. While the attack vector is network (AV:N) with low complexity and no attack requirements (AC:L, AT:N), the PR:H designation is a significant limiting factor - exploitation requires an already-authenticated WordPress administrator account, meaning an external attacker must first compromise admin credentials before triggering the flaw. No EPSS score was provided in the available data, and the vulnerability does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog and has no associated proof-of-concept, indicating no active exploitation at time of analysis. The availability-only impact profile (VA:H with VC:N and VI:N) classifies this as a denial-of-service class vulnerability with no data exfiltration or code execution pathway, further reducing its attractiveness to opportunistic threat actors. Real-world priority is moderate: organizations enforcing strong admin account hygiene - including MFA and minimal admin-role assignment - face limited additional exposure, while sites with weak or shared credentials carry greater residual risk. The 'Information Disclosure' tag in the source data conflicts with the CVSS vector and should not be relied upon for risk prioritization.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has obtained WordPress administrator credentials - via phishing, credential stuffing, or lateral movement within a compromised environment - authenticates to the admin panel and submits specially crafted input to a Kubio AI Website Builder handler. The plugin fails to properly validate this input, triggering resource exhaustion or a fatal processing error that causes a denial-of-service condition for the WordPress site. No public proof-of-concept exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 31, 2026

Availability disruption in Kubio AI Website Builder (a WordPress page-builder plugin by Extend Themes) affects all versions before 2.9.1, exploitable by authenticated high-privilege users over a network connection. CWE-20 improper input validation allows a privileged attacker to submit malformed input to the plugin, producing a denial-of-service condition against the vulnerable system with no confidentiality or integrity impact. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9 reflects the high-privilege requirement that substantially limits the realistic attacker pool.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Kubio AI Website Builder to version 2.9.1 or later, which resolves this improper input validation flaw. WordPress administrators can apply the update directly via the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Updates, or by downloading the updated plugin from the WordPress plugin repository. The Tenable advisory at https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-58 should be consulted for additional technical context. As an interim compensating control, restrict the WordPress administrator role to the minimum number of trusted users and enforce multi-factor authentication for all admin accounts, since exploitation requires PR:H; this does not eliminate the vulnerability but eliminates the credential-compromise prerequisite. Sites where the Kubio builder is not actively in use may disable the plugin until patching is feasible, though doing so will affect rendering of Kubio-built page content.

Affected VersionsENISA

Kubio AI Website Builder 0 <2.9.1

Affected Packages

euvd kubio_ai_website_builder fix: 2.9.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Kubio AI Website Builder is a WordPress page-builder plugin developed by Extend Themes, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:extend_themes:kubio_ai_website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause is CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), a broad class of vulnerability in which user-supplied data is not sufficiently sanitized, bounded, or type-checked before use, enabling attacker-controlled values to affect program logic or resource consumption. In the WordPress plugin context, this class of flaw commonly manifests in REST API endpoints, AJAX action handlers, or block-attribute processors - areas where privileged users can supply structured data directly to plugin code. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) confirms the flaw is network-reachable, requires no special attack preconditions beyond admin credentials, and produces high availability impact on the vulnerable system only, with no confidentiality or integrity compromise and no scope change to subsequent systems.

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Severity by source

Vendor (tenable) PRIMARY 6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.9 MEDIUM

Network-reachable but requires high privileges; impact is confined to availability on the vulnerable system only, with no confidentiality, integrity, or scope-change effects.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).

CVSS VectorVendor: tenable

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Aug 31, 2026 - 17:17 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper input validation vulnerability in Extend Themes Kubio AI Website Builder.

This issue affects Kubio AI Website Builder: before 2.9.1.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
WordPress page-builder plugin with moderate global install base
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

34
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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