Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-65521 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-65521 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-65521?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 23 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- WPManageNinja WP Social Ninja <= 4.3.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-65521?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-23: Patch released in version 4.3.1 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-65521 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-65521?
- Check whether you run WPManageNinja WP Social Ninja at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The WP Social Ninja plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure (CWE-497) in versions up to and including 4.3.0. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to access sensitive system information due to insufficient access controls on certain plugin components or endpoints. This data exposure can be leveraged by an attacker to gather intelligence for further exploitation. The issue is resolved in version 4.3.1.
Affected products
- Mahmudul Hasan Arif WP Social Ninja <= 4.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-07-16: other: Reported by researcher Ananda Dhakal
- 2026-07-23: disclosed: Vulnerability published by Patchstack and NVD
- 2026-07-23: patched: Patch released in version 4.3.1