CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-16256

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2026-08-02 Modified 2026-08-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-02
Last modified
2026-08-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

The POUCO Import Users WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not perform any capability or nonce checks on AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users that create and update WordPress accounts, and it trusts an attacker-supplied role value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and take over the site.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References