CVE-2026-16547 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The REST API Log WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not bind the token protecting its log download feature to the log entry being requested, nor does it check the capability of the requester, allowing unauthenticated users in possession of any such token to download the logged REST API requests and responses of any entry, which may contain sensitive data such as credentials, authentication tokens or private content.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00177.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/373d040f-0361-4b09-9655-34d415e2c49e/

History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The REST API Log WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not bind the token protecting its log download feature to the log entry being requested, nor does it check the capability of the requester, allowing unauthenticated users in possession of any such token to download the logged REST API requests and responses of any entry, which may contain sensitive data such as credentials, authentication tokens or private content.
Title		REST API Log < 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Log Data Disclosure via Download Endpoint
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/373d040f-0361-4b09-9655-34d415e2c49e/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-04T06:00:13.160Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T14:05:07.818Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T10:12:35.448Z

Link: CVE-2026-16547

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T14:04:35.470Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T09:15:03Z

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