{
  "schemaVersion": "guard-threat-campaign/v1",
  "id": "HGTC-2026-1149A9CB",
  "slug": "cve-2026-19598-pods-wordpress-unauth-admin-takeover",
  "title": "Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-19598"
  ],
  "summary": "Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover. See NVD and the HOL operator write-up for impact, affected products, and remediation.",
  "status": "published",
  "severity": "critical",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "uncertainty": "Confirm exact affected/fixed trains against the live vendor advisory; this draft does not invent CVSS or fixed versions.",
  "firstObservedAt": "2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastObservedAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-20T19:25:17.806Z",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-09-20T19:25:12.922Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z",
  "reviewer": "HOL Guard Security Publishing",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "nvd",
      "label": "NVD CVE-2026-19598",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19598",
      "sourceType": "vulnerability_database",
      "observedAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "hol-blog",
      "label": "HOL Guard operator write-up",
      "url": "https://hol.org/blog/cve-2026-19598-pods-wordpress-unauth-admin-takeover",
      "sourceType": "other_primary",
      "observedAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "cveorg",
      "label": "CVE Record CVE-2026-19598",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19598",
      "sourceType": "vulnerability_database",
      "observedAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "artifacts": [],
  "indicators": [],
  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "disclosure",
      "occurredAt": "2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z",
      "eventType": "disclosure",
      "summary": "CVE-2026-19598 disclosed: Pods WordPress Plugin Unauthenticated Admin Takeover",
      "sourceIds": [
        "nvd",
        "cveorg"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hol-publish",
      "occurredAt": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000Z",
      "eventType": "other",
      "summary": "HOL Guard published operator blog coverage for CVE-2026-19598.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "hol-blog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "coverage": [],
  "policies": [],
  "limitations": [
    "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."
  ],
  "correctionHref": "/guard/security/campaigns/cve-2026-19598-pods-wordpress-unauth-admin-takeover/corrections"
}