7.5

CVE-2026-42638: WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.7.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Deferred
Published 06-10-2026Last modified 07-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42638 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in awesomemotive easy_digital_downloads. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads easy-digital-downloads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through 3.7.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

06-10-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Awesomemotive1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • easy-digital-downloads≤ 3.7.1 (fixed in 3.7.1.1)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links