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CVE-2026-96897
Unknown Optima Express IDX — Optima Express 8.5.0 - 8.7.5 - Unauthenticated Author Account Creation & Application Password Rotation via ihf_clear_cache
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U N L N 5.3 .0018 7.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Optima Express IDX 8.5.0 – —
TIMELINE
Sep 23 Reserved by WPScan
Sep 27 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Sep 28 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-96897 (Unknown Optima Express IDX). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The Optima Express IDX WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions that is available to logged-out users, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force the creation of a fixed author-role account and to repeatedly rotate its application password on any connected install.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| September 23, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| September 27, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| September 28, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-96897 (Unknown Optima Express IDX). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Unknown | Optima Express IDX | — | 8.5.0 | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-96897 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Saturday, October 3, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
