Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover
Direct answer
Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover, also tracked as CVE-2026-19598 is a critical-severity threat campaign HOL Guard tracked from Aug 16, 2026 to Aug 16, 2026, verified against 3 primary sources and last reviewed Sep 20, 2026. Active tracking has ended and the record remains published as a permanent historical research record.
Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover. See NVD and the HOL operator write-up for impact, affected products, and remediation.
Also tracked as CVE-2026-19598
- First observed
- Aug 16, 2026
- Last observed
- Aug 16, 2026
- Last reviewed
- Sep 20, 2026
- Tracking ended
- Aug 16, 2026
Record exports
Uncertainty and limitations
Read the evidence limits before acting on this record.
Confirm exact affected/fixed trains against the live vendor advisory; this draft does not invent CVSS or fixed versions.
- Campaign tracks CVE-2026-19598 only.
- Does not invent CVSS or fixed versions beyond cited sources.
- HOL blog is operator guidance, not a substitute for the vendor advisory.
Guard coverage and policy
What Guard's reviewed assertions do and do not claim for this campaign, and the reviewed starting points for defense.
No Guard coverage mapping or campaign-specific policy guidance is published for this record.
Safe next step. Campaign guidance is defensive context. It does not auto-apply policy or claim universal campaign coverage.
Timeline
Reviewed events, oldest first, each tied to a verified source.
- Disclosure
CVE-2026-19598 disclosed: Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover
- Update
HOL Guard published operator blog coverage for CVE-2026-19598.
Source:HOL Guard operator write-up
Publication clock: 859.4 hours from reviewed disclosure timestamp to HOL publication; 12-hour critical target; historical backfill outside target.
Sources
Every claim on this record is traceable to the sources below.
Campaign questions, answered
Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover. See NVD and the HOL operator write-up for impact, affected products, and remediation. HOL Guard tracked the campaign from Aug 16, 2026 to Aug 16, 2026.
No. Active tracking ended Aug 16, 2026; this page remains as a labeled historical research record and does not imply the threat is currently active.
The record cites 3 primary sources, names 0 reviewed artifacts, and was last fully reviewed Sep 20, 2026 by HOL Guard Security Publishing. Its uncertainty and limitations are stated on the record itself.
Campaign guidance is defensive context. It does not auto-apply policy or claim universal campaign coverage.
The permalink above is permanent. The full record can be downloaded from this page as JSON, an artifact CSV, and a STIX 2.1 bundle, and corrections can be requested through the published correction path on the record. Confirm exact affected/fixed trains against the live vendor advisory; this draft does not invent CVSS or fixed versions.
Reviewed in full by HOL Guard Security Publishing.
- Published
- Last full review
- Last modified
Record HGTC-2026-1149A9CB