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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-23550

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published Jan 14, 2026 · catalog updated Jan 14, 2026 · Modular DS WordPress Modular DS Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2026-23550 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Modular DS WordPress Modular DS Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
21.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated WordPress Modular DS Plugin · vendor Modular DS WordPress Modular DS Plugin

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from n/a through <= 2.5.1. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

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  • stated WordPress Modular DS Plugin<= 2.5.1
  • vendor Modular DS WordPress Modular DS Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-23550

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-23550 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Modular DS WordPress Modular DS Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with WordPress Modular DS Plugin <= 2.5.1. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 21.39%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 14, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from n/a through <= 2.5.1. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Jan 14, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23550

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-23550

    30-day exploitation probability 21.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-23550

    Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from n/a through <= 2.5.1.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.