CVE-2026-73997 PUBLISHED

WordPress Starter Templates by Kadence WP plugin <= 2.3.3 - Denial of Service Attack vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 14.08.2026 Published: 18.08.2026 Updated: 18.08.2026

Unauthenticated Denial of Service Attack in Starter Templates by Kadence WP <= 2.3.3 versions.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor Nexcess
Product Starter Templates by Kadence WP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from n/a to 2.3.3 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress Starter Templates by Kadence WP Plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.3.4).

Credits

  • Asim Alshaya | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS