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divi-dash EUVDEUVD-2026-85020

| CVE-2026-14321 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-09-23 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-v73c-8gwm-q3w7
8.2
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Reach public WordPress endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Forge spoofed client IP header
  3. Exploit
    Bypass rate limit and ban legit IPs
  4. Execution
    Flood requests writing stored option
  5. Persist
    Unbounded option growth exhausts resources
  6. Impact
    Denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires that the divi-dash plugin (version below 1.0.7) is installed and its rate-limiting/banning feature is active, and that the site is reachable so the attacker can supply a forgeable client-IP source (e.g., a proxy/forwarded-for header the plugin trusts instead of the real connection address). No authentication, user interaction, or non-default toggle is described (PR:N/UI:N) - exploitation works against a default install of the affected plugin. Limiting factors are purely the plugin's small deployment footprint and the impact being denial of service / IP-ban manipulation rather than data disclosure (C:N) or code execution.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H, base 8.2) rates this HIGH, driven almost entirely by A:H - the availability impact from an unbounded, ever-growing stored option (wp_options row) plus the ability to bypass rate limiting and ban legitimate addresses. However, exploitation-likelihood signals do not support treating this as an urgent, widespread threat: SSVC reports Exploitation=none (no observed exploitation), and there is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC identified in the provided data. SSVC does flag Automatable=yes and Technical Impact=partial, meaning that IF an exploit is developed it could be scripted at scale, which is consistent with the trivial AC:L/PR:N/UI:N vector (IP spoofing is typically as easy as setting an X-Forwarded-For header). The net picture is a genuinely low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw whose real-world priority is bounded by (a) the niche footprint of this specific plugin and (b) the impact being denial of service / integrity manipulation rather than data theft or code execution (C:N). No signals conflict materially; the main caveat is that A:H rests on the unbounded-growth DoS claim, which is plausible but not independently POC-verified.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker sends repeated HTTP requests to the divi-dash-protected feature, each carrying a spoofed client IP (e.g., via a forgeable X-Forwarded-For header the plugin trusts). Because the plugin never validates the true source, the attacker rotates through arbitrary addresses to slip past rate limiting, ban legitimate/critical IPs, and drive continuous writes that inflate a stored WordPress option without bound until the site degrades or fails. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, though the technique is trivially scriptable (SSVC Automatable=yes).

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can spoof the client IP address that the divi-dash WordPress plugin (versions before 1.0.7) relies on for rate limiting and banning, allowing them to bypass throttling, ban arbitrary addresses of their choosing, and grow a stored WordPress option without bound until the site suffers denial of service. The flaw is rated CVSS 3.1 base 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H), with the score driven almost entirely by the high availability impact from unbounded wp_options growth and the loss of effective rate limiting. Neither CISA KEV nor any public exploit code was identified at time of analysis (SSVC exploitation: none), and a vendor patch is available.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch by updating divi-dash to version 1.0.7 or later; the vendor states a patch is available, and the fixed version is 1.0.7 (confirmed by the EUVD affected range ending at <1.0.7). If the plugin cannot be updated immediately, the most effective compensating control is to stop the plugin from trusting client-supplied addresses: configure the front-end web server or reverse proxy to overwrite/ignore inbound X-Forwarded-For and similar headers and to pass only the genuine remote address, and strip those headers at the edge so clients cannot set them - the trade-off is that misconfiguration can break legitimate deployments that genuinely sit behind a load balancer and depend on forwarded headers for logging or geolocation. Where the banning/rate-limiting functionality is not needed, disabling that feature removes both the bypass and the unbounded option-growth path, at the cost of losing brute-force/abuse throttling. Operators should also monitor for abnormal growth of the plugin's stored option in wp_options and for ban-list entries covering legitimate visitor addresses, and can deploy WAF rules that reject requests carrying attacker-controlled forwarding headers; note that such filtering is best-effort and does not substitute for the 1.0.7 upgrade. Consult the advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f56b800-c8f6-4cd9-a137-c05b718db201/ for the vendor's specific guidance.

Affected VersionsENISA

divi-dash 0 <1.0.7

Affected Packages

euvd divi_dash fix: 1.0.7

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) in the divi-dash WordPress plugin's rate-limiting and IP-banning feature, which derives the client IP from a forgeable source (such as a proxy or forwarded-for header) rather than the real connection address. Because that value is treated as authoritative, an attacker can present an arbitrary, attacker-chosen IP on each request: the per-IP counter logic is defeated (every request appears to come from a fresh address), the ban list can be populated with victim addresses to lock out legitimate users, and each new spoofed identity causes the plugin to persist additional state in a stored option - an option row in wp_options that expands without bound and contributes to the availability impact (A:H). The plugin runs in the standard WordPress plugin ecosystem and is distributed via the WordPress.org/WPScan channel; the affected component is the plugin itself rather than the WordPress core proxy-handling code, so the exposure depends on how the host environment surfaces client IP data to PHP. Integrity impact is limited (I:L) because the only write-side effect is manipulation of the plugin's own ban/rate-limit state, and confidentiality is unaffected (C:N). EUVD tracks the affected range as divi-dash 0 < 1.0.7.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 8.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.2 HIGH

Unauthenticated network IP-spoofing with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); integrity impact from ban/rate-limit manipulation (I:L) and high availability impact from unbounded stored-option growth (A:H); no confidentiality impact (C:N).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 23, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
8.2 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 23, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
HIGH 8.2
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The divi-dash WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not validate the source of the client IP address it uses for rate limiting and banning, allowing unauthenticated attackers to spoof arbitrary IP addresses in order to bypass rate limiting, ban chosen addresses from the feature, and grow a stored option without bound, resulting in denial of service.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

The divi-dash WordPress plugin, in all versions below 1.0.7, allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to disable an affected site by driving unbounded growth in its database options table and by subverting the plugin's own rate-limiting and ban logic. Any internet-facing WordPress deployment with this plugin installed is reachable without credentials or user interaction, and the resulting outage is an availability and reputational problem borne by the site owner, not the attacker. Leadership should treat this as a public-facing web availability risk rather than a data-exposure incident.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Divi-ecosystem WordPress plugin, limited install base
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

41
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +41
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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